that is not the america i want to live in. >> our guest has been george packer.hank you very much. >> thank you. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call to give us your comments about a.orgrogram, visit join -- >> president obama released a statement today on the verdict trial against george zimmerman. he was pronounced not guilt in -- guilty. a said, "the death was tragedy for america. this has elicited strong passions and in the wake of the verdict, i know the passions may be running even higher. we are a nation of laws and the jury has spoken. i ask every american to respect the call. >> coming up next, british prime cameron.and -- david

in terms of my brain to come i will be reading the unwinding by george packer.i think it will be interesting to listen to is different vignettes and narratives. including youngstown, ohio, which is where i'm from. to exploit bigger scenes about america, increasing polarization, lack of trust in government and how that has progressed. it is pretty pessimistic. but i do think that it will be interesting. >> let us know what you are reading this summer. tweet us at booktv. post on her facebook page, or send us an e-mail at booktv at c-span.org. >> we have more coverage every weekend on booktv. along with our schedule, see our programs every week at booktv.org, join our online book club as we feature a current bestseller each month. follows on facebook and twitter. .. he's the man responsible for sending me to washington in 1999. and also to belfast and jerusalem as well. charles written the authorized biography of margaret thatcher. it takes her from her tboirt possibly her finest moments in

then, a conversation with george packer. then, a other just to see david cameron taking questions from the house of commons. see david chance to cameron taking questions from the house of commons. >> -- >> they have multiple services. , they role that other monitoring.ke home managing the thermostats or nanny cams, etc.. there are new services being rolled out. >> we just issued a annual reports. what we found was that the ,nnual price continues to go up it went up by 50% in the last year. consumers are paying more for the package. >> more of what is happening in the cable industry from "the communicators. i" >> senators are scheduled to meet in a closed door meeting to discuss changes to the filibuster. mcconnell and mitch spoke separately on the issue. here is a little of what they had to say. >> the changes we are making are minimal. thatwe are doing is saying the american people -- that president obama should have somebody working for and that he wants. there are 15 people pending. they've been waiting nine months. nine

. >> george packer intertwines the lives of three americans. that's tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." is scheduled to meet to discuss proposed changes to the filibuster of executive nominees. democrats said republicans are using the filibuster to block many upper the obama's nominees. these include the consumer administrator, and the import/export bank. senator hatch and senator klobuchar talked about this issue. >> i continue to vote against the filibusters. a a principal -- it is principal. whoever the president may be, should have the full choice of who they put on the bench. unless there is some over well- being reasons somebody should -- overwhelming reason somebody should not be on the bench. it would be asaid disaster for the senate, it would destroy the second. harry reid made all kinds of comments like that. now they are using that as we go to an immigration bill. when put in a farm bill. a water bill. when you put it through 1500 nominations. only 4 were defeated. what is the problem here? >> the president should have the right to put their team out there. have a few nominee

next, "q&a" with journalist and author george packer.ashington journal" wide with your calls. -- live with your calls. ♪ this week on "q&a," journalist and author george packer discusses his latest book >> george packer, when you look at the cover of your book, what's the purpose of the flag? >> that's a photograph of the van parked in somebody's front yard in rural virginia. a photographer happened to be walking past and noticed that the flag painted on this white van was starting to rust and thought it was a striking image and asked the owner if he could take a picture. and it looked -- it's a piece of folk art and the book comes out of the heartland coming out of the experience of ordinary americans. a flag in battered shape but it's a flag. i thought it was interesting for the cover. >> when did you decide on the title and why? >> i was visiting the homestead of r.j. reynolds with dean price, one of the main characters in the book. and we were standing there looking at all of the fallowed farmland in that part of the country that use

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans whose american way of life has failed them, tonight at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> next it is "washington journal." elise viebeck joins us to discuss the healthcare law. after that, dean clancy of lodesm works and lori continue the conversation, debating the advantages and disadvantages of delaying its implementation. then former ambassador to morocco marc ginsberg discusses recent events in egypt and the u.s. response so far. ♪ good morning. it is sunday, july 14th, 2013. you will spend the first 45 minutes or so looking at items thehe majors -- in newsprint late last night in sanford, florida, the jury found george zimmerman not guilty of manslaughter and murder charges in the shooting death of trayvon martin. we will read stories and comments on that. we will spend the first 45 minutes on a question about immigration. we are asking you about economic growth rate how important is immigration reform to economic

george packer's book has been called the unwinding. n inner history of the new america. thank you very much. >> thank you. coming up next, british prime minister david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons. then british foreign secretary william hague on the situation in the middle east. highlights from the australian parliaments june session. coming up on the next "washington journal," the consumer financial protection bureau representative discusses the duckling of student loan interest rates and the latest on a tentative deal in the senate. then the american petroleum and subdued president jack gerard talks about u.s. energy policy with a look at the obama administration's policies and a debate over the keystone xl pipeline. then special inspector general for

. >> george packer's book has been called the unwinding. an inner history of the new america. thank you very much. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] 3] for a dvd copy of this 662-7726.all 1877- for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this qanda.org.sit us at >> up next, is "washington phonel" live with your calls. harry reid discussing proposed changes to senate rules. >> earlier someone touched upon the idea that women could not really predict their role in entering into the white house. i did find one political observer who commented on the election that mary started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor young man and with no more idea of being called to the presidency than being called a cannibal. however, i try to lay out in my book an educated guess that he would not have let a little thing like human sacrifice, between her and her goal because she was a very determined woman. she did talk about mr. lincoln's role perhaps of entering the white house. she was someone w

george packer, we discussed the book he's written called "the unwinding and inner history of the new" and he writes this, in part. no one can say when the unwinding began, when the coil that held americans together in its secure and sometimes stifling grip first gave way. like any great change, the unwinding began countless times, countless ways and at some moment the country always the same country crossed a lane and became different. if you were born around 1960 or afterward, you would spend your adult life in the vertigo of that unwinding. you watched structures that had been in place before your birth collapse like pillars of salt across the vast visible landscape. you think a lot about this concept of whether this is american decline or if this is something much more temporary and narrow. >> these are -- it's not american decline. it's class. we've had a lot of discussion about race on the show today. to me the class divide is bigger than the race divide. if you're in the educated class, college-educated communities, you're not seeing decline. you've got family structures, risin

george packer, we discussed the book he's written about the inner history of the new america. it writes this in part, no one can say when the unwinding began when the coil that held americans together in its secure and sometimes stifling grip first gave way. like any great change, the unwinding began in countless ways at some moment the country crossed the line and it became irretrievably different. you watched structures that had been in place before your birth collapse, like pillars of salt across the vast visible landscape. you think about this concept of whether this is american decline or something much more temporary and narrow. >> neither. it's not american decline. it's class. we've had a lot of discussion about race on the show today. to me the class divide is greater than the education divide. you're not seeing decline, you've got intact family structures, rising incomes, you're fine. if you're in the lesser class, you're seeing collapsing social structures, 70% of african-american kids born out of wedlock, high percent of poor white kids. you see this collapse of or

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans. that's sunday at 8:00.e corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> senators will discuss chamber -- changes to senate rules for filibusters. the same issue came up in 2005 when the republicans were in the majority. senator mitch mcconnell he -- senator mitch mcconnell. >> i know it does not pertain to a president nomination. during the senators debate of the adoption of the 1970 role discussing possible application to nominations. this was not because senators wanted to preserve the right to filibuster nominees. rather, senators did not discuss applying the role to nominations because the notion of filibustering nominations was alien to them. it never occurred to anybody that would be done. 8,arry reid argued against what he called the nuclear option. here is a look. >> he just mentioned the nuclear option. in chapter seven of your book, it describes the circumstances with the nuclear option. just so our viewers can better understand, what was the nuclear option and what likeliho

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans &a.day at 8:00 on c-span's q >> some insist upon the idea that women could not predict the role in entering into the white house, but i found one observer who commented at the 186 or oh election that started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor young man. -- at the 1860 election that started with mr. lincoln when he was a poor young man. mary lincoln was a determined woman she -- determined woman. she talked about mr. lincoln's role of entering the white house. she was a true political partner. >> as we continue our conversations on first ladies, we hear about the role of the first lady and how it has changed with the nation monday night on c-span. >> at the pentagon, the head of the u.s. >> good morning. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for being here this morning. this is his third time here in the briefing room. he would make brief opening remarks and then open the floor to questions. please help him out by mentioning your name in who you are with. >> good morning. thank you for taking a few minutes to spe

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans whose american way of life has failed them. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> "washington journal" continues could -- continues. host: congressman steve cohen has been appointed to the commission on security in europe and -- europe. let's start with immigration. what is your perspective on the bill that passed the senate, and do you see prospects for anything similar to -- to pass the house? guest: there is a totally different orientation. i like copper hands of immigration reform. i think we need this for the improvement of our nation and workforce. for reducing our deficit. -- the cbo says it will reduce it by billions of dollars. it is the right thing to do. it is supported by large groups of people from liberals interested in human rights to business people at the chamber of commerce interested in our economic engine. the senate bill has some things that i do not like. in essence, there are earmarks. designations that we buy many helicopters from specific companies to patrol borders. money, it seems wrong to design

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of free americans whose american way of life has failed them sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> harry reid and mitch mcconnell debated a change to senate rules for filibusters. senator reid he said he may take this option because it prevented president obama from picking the this is 30wanted. minutes. >> all those in favor? all those opposed say no. they ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. >> in accordance with of provisions of rule 22 wehrheim move to bring to a close the debate on nomination of richard cordray of ohio to be director, bureau of consumer financial protection, but 18 senators us followed. >> i asked that we not read the names. >> without objection. >> i now move to proceed to legislative session. >> the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor? all those opposed say no. the ayes do have it. >> the motion is agreed to. the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed say no. the ayes have it. the clerk will report the nomin

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans whose american way of life has failed them thomas sunday at 8:00. -- failed them, sunday at 8:00. >> our collection begins with the beginning of cinema. the earliest film comes from 1891. it was a camera test that was produced by the thomas edison company, part of a series of experiments that edison and his engineers engaged in in the early 1890s. where our collection begins is in 1893, the first films registered for copyright. edison exposed to negative on strips of photographic contact paper, scented into the library to be registered as photograph -- sent it into the library to be registered as photograph. the paper print collection as it came to be known was an historical accident. the name has been lost, but we're very grateful grateful for what ever library bureaucrat decided that it would be ok to register this as a photograph. >> seymour sunday at 7:00 eastern and pacific. -- see more sunday at 7:00 eastern. >> the house homeland security committee held a hearing on the boston marathon bombings. testifying at the h

. >> george packer talks about free americans whose american way of life has failed on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span2 "q&a." >> now a house homeland security hearing on the boston marathon bombings and the domestic counterterrorism efforts are among the witnesses include rudy giuliani and director michael leiter. this is a little bit more than three hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the meeting of homeland security is meeting today to continue our series of hearings examining the boston bombings of april 15, 2013. i recognize myself in opening statement. i want to thank the witnesses were clearing the today. this is an open hearing and today we will vote to receive classified testimony from department of homeland security and the national counterterrorism center. unfortunately the fbi has refused to appear in continuous reviews this committee's appropriate request for information and documents crucial to investigation into what happened in the city of bos

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans. that's sunday at 8:00.. in the old senate chamber. they'll discuss changes to senate rules for filibusters. the same issue came up in 2005 when republicans were in the majority. senator mitch mcconnell spoke of the issue supporting changes. >> i note that the rule did not pertain to a president nomination. nor did any senator during the debate on the adoption of the 1970 closure rule discuss the possible application, the nominations. this was not because senators wanted to preserve the right to filibuster nominees. notion ofbecause the filibuster nominations was alien to them. it had never occurred to anybody that it would be done. in 2008, senate majority leader harry reid argued against using the nuclear option. here is a look. >> the nuclear option, you just missed it -- mentioned in chapter seven of your book. describe circumstances. just so our views can better understand, was a nuclear option? what the likelihood is there will have to face nuclear option? the republicans came up with was a way to chan

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans whose american way of life has failed them sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q and a &a."man -- "q ben bernanke second term is set to expire january 1, 2014. this is just over one hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you, jim, particularly that part of bibliography. iam working on it during would like to thank the national bureau of economic research for organizing this conference in recognition of the federal reserve's centennial, which we don't know whether it is 1913, 1914, but we know it is happening around cap -- around now. in keeping with the spirit of the conference, my remarks today will be primarily historical in nature. that i will lead discussion of current policy to today's question-and-answer. and -- question-and-answer segment and i have the pleasure next month of going before congress. [laughter] and that will be another opportunity to discuss these matters. [laughter] today, in my remarks, would like to discuss the evolution of the past 300 years of three key aspects of federal reserve policymaking.

. >> george packer intertwines the struggles of three americans whose american way of life has failedhem. sunday at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." senate will behe meeting behind closed doors to discuss possible changes to filibuster rules. senate majority leader harry reid has indicated that if no agreement is reached, he will move to make changes that will make it easier to confirm the executive nominees. at the heritage foundation, a former senate parliamentarian talked about the history of the filibuster and what rule changes would mean for the senate. >> welcome to the heritage foundation. those that will be joining us via c-span this afternoon. all of our television viewers are welcome to send in questions by e-mail to us. we will post the program within 24 hours on our website for your future reference, as well. hosting our discussion today is our senior legal follow in legal and judicial studies and manager of our judicial reform initiative. he handles things like elections, campaign financing, voter fraud and identification laws and registration issues. before joining us, he served

the packers acquired 160 million credit and debit card numbers from 2005 to 2012 and sold them to resellers around the world. >>> and it's a name fit for a future king. his royal highness, georgeorians say that william and kate's choice reflects the baby's royal ancestors, but stephen colbert has his own theory. >> as a royal watcher, i know that will and kate are huge fans of seinfeld, and clearly named the baby for george costanza who's played by jason alexander and julia louis-dreyfuss. very popular show. because just like seinfeld, the english royal family is really about nothing. >> oh, no, it isn't. and that does it for us for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." thanks for being with us. follow the show online and on twitter @mitchellreports. tamron hall has a look at what's next. >>> texas attorney general hitting back after eric holder announces that the obama administration plans to take on texas in the battle over voting rights. pete williams will break down what the justice department can do after the supreme court struck down the most powerful portion of the voting rights act. >>> plus, new reports the operator of that derailed train in spain may have been g