watch it here on c-span2. >> book tv is here at george washington university in washington d.c. talking with some professors who are also offers. what you are seeing on your screen now is that cover a professor elizabeth saunders book leaders -- "leaders at war: how presidents shape military interventions" professor saunders, why did you use the word intervention? >> this is a but primarily dealing with a very particular question about the use of military force in american foreign policy and specifically how presidents use military intervention as a tool in american foreign policy first. this is using military force to intervene in the internal affairs of another state, usually quite a distance away. the book is dealing with the central question of why we see certain kinds of military intervention is under some circumstances rather than others. i argue there are two models, transformative where we see the united states getting deeply involved in the domestic affairs of another state. we can think about the nation-building interventions of the 1990's in haiti in the balkans with

. >> host: spencer overton, a professor at george washington university and author of this book "stealing democracy, the new politics of voter suppression." here's the hard cover, and here's the paperback. we thank you for joining us. thank you for joining us on booktv. >> guest: thank you so much, peter. >> host: book tv is here at george washington university in washington, d.c. talking with professors who are authors, and on the screen now 1 the cover of professor elizabeth saunders' book, "leaders at war, how presidents shaped military interventions." why use the word "interjengses"? >> guest: this is a book dealing with a particular question about the use of military force in american foreign policy and how they used military intervention as a tool in american foreign policy. these are wars of choice, not situations where you are dealing with a direct attack on your borders. these are using -- this is use military force to intervene in the internal affairs of another state, usually quite a distance away from the united states. the book is really dealing with the question of why we se

this month we spoke with offers from george washington university in washington d.c.. xt month we head to george mason university in virginia. for more on our booktv college series visit booktv.org. >> welcome to the eleventh annual national book festival in washington d.c.. you are watching booktv on c-span's live coverage of the festival. it started in 2001 by the library of congress and first lady laura bush. the festival is held between the capitol and the washington monument and has grown to be one of the largest book fares in the country and it has grown so big that this year it has expanded to two days and booktv on c-span2 will provide live coverage. here is our schedule of live coverage for today. in a minute you will hear from eugene robinson who has a new book out this year entitled disintegration:the splintering of back america. after he finishes speaking he will join us on our booktv set for a call in program. best-selling author sarah vowell will take your calls about her book "disintegration: the splintering of black america" -- "unfamiliar fishes". then

political and cultural. >> james miller, chairman of the american studies department at george washington university. professor of english and author of "remembering scottsboro," published by princeton university press. thank you. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar in upper left side of the page and click search or you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with the top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> george washington professor marcy norton. where did snickers bars and marlboro come from? >> well, we have to go way back in time, tobacco and chocolate are both native to the americas, and were developed by indians. tobacco in the distant past, several thousand years b.c., the central entry to chocolate, likewise, maybe around 3000 b.c.e. so they were central to the native americans, and when europeans, europeans had no knowledge of that until they arrived starting with c

information, and it information. >> up next, an interview from torture washington university. >> book tv is on location at george rushed to university here in washington d.c. for our college series, a chance to talk with some professors who have also written books and to introduce you to those books. next up we will be talking with the author of this book, the myth of digital democracy. first of all, what is democracy? >> well, the book is really about the claim that a lot of people have had about how the internet is changing politics. everything from how campaigns are run to how we get our news to how we process and interact. >> and what is the myth of digital democracy? >> when we talk about the internet from very early on, even the early 90's, all of the claims are not so much about how we ever going to change business or our world, but of the internet would change politics. particularly there are a very robust and durable claims about how the internet is supposed to empower ordinary citizens. so the hope was that the internet would allow campaigns to be run differently, less elite focused and driven. allows

ten years ago, he ran a mosque in falls church and was a muslim chaplain at the george washington universitys also are believed to have influenced major nidal hassan, the man charged with the fort hood rampage. >>> police are hoping that newly released surveillance photos will lead to more clues in a search for a missing alexandria man. sherry ly has the latest. >> reporter: good morning. lenny harris was last seep here at the oldtown recreation center and then within hours of disappearing surveillance cameras captured a picture of a white dodge caravan at an atm some prince george's county. later, another man was spotted trying to use his bank card at an atm in alexandria and police are trying to find them. harris has been missing for more than a week now. police have a new clue that white dodge care ran. it has no front plate and more than one person inside. it was spotted at an atm in prince george's county about midnight last thursday. witnesses say harris was at the rec center when he got a call and left in his car. police aren't saying who that call came from. his iphone was later foun

now joining us is a professor at george washington university. we are on site. here is his book, the leaders we deserved and a few we didn't about the american presidents. how do we typically rage president's? >> not well. every president stay or july 4th or in the news we are told by the newspapers that yet another pow was sent to 5100 historians. here are the great presidents. the usually put them into five categories. great, near great, average, below average. and did not tell us what goes into the criteria. all the familiar faces. the ones we see on the currency, the ones that we build monuments to. they don't really tell you what distinguishes great from ordinary. and it was just over joining yesterday to see somebody is putting a bill in congress giving george washington back as birthday. you know, somebody decided that all great men were born on a weekend. every all of it was changed. veterans day and july 4th. july 4th chance to weekend. and all presidents of the same. the result is students have a very hard time distinguishing. this study any history at

now joining us is alvin felzenberg, a professor of george washington university, we are on site here. and here is his book, "the leaders we deserved and a few we didn't," about the american presidents. how long do we typically rate presidents? .. and i was just overjoyed yesterday to see that somebody is putting a bill of congress, giving church question him back his birthday. somebody decided in the 70s that all great men were worn on a weekend. so every holiday was changed except veterans day in july for the. and all presidents are the same end result is students at it very hard time distinguishing them. so i thought that i would try my own and i would actually tell the viewer what i think makes for a great president and i invite the viewer to disagree with me. i don't really care how people feel. i like when i'm teaching students that they can back their opinions. students all good all good grades and discourses, biology, french whatever. so i gave them grade of three come personal components, presidential kerry or. we had a lot of kerry are during the two impeachments in our lifet

. >> george washington university professor elizabeth saunders. "leaders at war: how presidents shape military interventions" is her book. thank you. >> thank you so much. it has been a pleasure. >> is there and not fiction author robert you would like to see featured on book tv? send us an e-mail at book tv at c-span.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> professor james miller. what happened on march 205th, 1931. >> march 25, 1931, there were a number of black and white youth of boeing on the train in depression-era america heading toward the self. a fight broke out among whites and blacks on the train. blacks one, expelled most of the white hoboes. the white work out raised and reported they had been attacked. the report went out on telegraph wires. when the train is stopped outside of a small town in alabama, penn rock there was a policy waiting. they gathered up nine young black man, and as they searched the train is subsequently found to white women dressed in overalls, which was customary for women. shortly after the nine young black men

. >> host: chairman of the american studies department here in george washington university. in your subtitle, you use the word "legacy" of the trial. what's legacy in your view? >> guest: i was concerned as a student of literature and culture of the way scottsboro worked its way into the vocabulary of race relations, the way in which language circulates, and the ways in which language continueses to carry -- continues to carry meaning and resonance long after the events that triggered it off have occurred. the legacy for me is not just the legal legacy or the political legacy. it's the ways in which language informs our

>> book tv is on location at george washington university here in washington, d.c. for our college series. this is a chance to talk with some professors who have also written books and to introduce you to those books next up we are going to be talking with matthew, the author of this book, the myth of digital democracy. professor, first of all what is digital democracy? [laughter] >> the book is really about the claims a lot of people have had a lot of the internet is changing politics. everything from how campaigns are run to how we get our news to how we process and interact with the politicians and what is the myth of the digital democracy. >> when we talk about the internet from very early on in the early 90's and what of the claims are not of the internet change in the world but also how the internet has changed politics and in particular are very robust very durable claims we have about how the internet is supposed to empower ordinary citizens. so the hope was that the internet would allow the campaigns to be run differently and to be less elite and focused an

about thening more of a george washington university student. who died after began fightingen of a fast-food restaurant. detectives investigating the casey saidtrick that casey or one his friends may have from the first punch. during the fight, casey fell and hit his head. he later died. >>> talk for driving drivingions for people in maryland starting tomorrow. it will become illegal for to write oraryland read text messages while behind the wheel. have an alert for anyone who drives through tysons corner. hours, officials will promptly shut down the left the inner loop of the westbound i-66. drivers will be required to use existing right exit ramp to to the interstate. >> i take 495 number two bethesda. >> for thousands of drivers, commuting changes are coming. drivers along 495 north can left. to the right or however, starting tomorrow vdot will close the ramp permanently. the ramp on the right will only option. overall, the design is better. ongoing $1.40 the trillion hot lane construction project. the project has already caused a of disrupti

. >> recently book tv visited george washington university here at the nation's capital to interview several professors who have written recent books. over the next few sundays we will air these interviews beginning at 1:00 p.m. eastern. this weekend we cover politics, history, and foreign affairs. it >> professor spencer overton, in your book, "stealing democracy: the new politics of voter suppression," what is the voting makes you talk about? >> you know, there is a movie called the matrix. basically in that movie computers are in control. people think they are in control, but, in fact, computers are. i was fascinated by this team of these unseen factors that control our lives, these invisible systems that control our lives. and that is how it is really with regard to our election system. we don't think about it. we think that, you know, the people's elected politicians, but actually, in fact, this matrix of election laws and systems and regulations, you know, they shape who gets elected, they shape the policy in our country. they determine or at least shape, you know, the level of

. >> host: what do you teach here at george washington university? >> guest: voting rights, and campaign financing class. doing a lot in campaign financing. we recently had an opinion by the supreme court striking down a public financing program in arizona, and my kind of new vision of campaign finance is that we shouldn't focus exclusively on preventing corruption, and we shouldn't focus exclusively on no rules and money and speech and spend as much as you want. i think what we should do is encourage participation by as many people as possible. i mean, we definitely have this norman voting that we want everybody to vote. why don't we have a similar norm in terms of money and politics where we want everyone to give a contribution. it doesn't have to be a $20,000 contribution. it can be a $10 or $15 contribution, but if more people participated in terms of the financing of campaigns, i think that politicians would be frankly less beholding to particular larger cricketer -- contributor who now give the bulk of money politicians receive, so carrying thi

it is beginning to feel much more comfortable. 75 degrees at george washington university. wind gusts around 10 miles an hour. the same in alexandria, 75 degrees. oakland, maryland, 85 degrees. there were gusts of 32 miles an hour earlier today. cool air and breezy conditions on the way tonight and into tomorrow. cooler air will to the north and west of us, temperatures in the 60's. lexington park, maryland, 77 degrees. 51 degrees in detroit, a 43 in michigan. the dew point levels tumbling. drier air will stick around for of a few days and then a sunshine will make another appearance. we will not see a lot of it for the day tomorrow. more sunshine on sunday. pressure over the great lakes will eventually bring us increasing clouds and a chance of a few showers tomorrow. 20% to 30% chance. cooler temperatures with highs in the upper 50's to ow 60's. slight chance of showers tomorrow. clearing out a little on sunday with more sunshine and cool air. highs today 73-77. added clouds later this afternoon. temperatures tonight in the mid 40's in the suburbs low 50's's downtown. tom

we are joined by the chair of islamic studies at george washington university. what do you make of the sanctions against these individuals? one of them is apparently the commander. >> this is the latest of america's exasperation, distrust, and really the desire to do something about this group that has in putting pressure on pakistan. they have not seen any action. the prime minister made a statement and the prime minister said that he was shocked. he had convened a meeting of religious and public officers. >> relations have been severely strained. do you think that this is america caught in pakistan to act? >> it is because america does need the pressure to ease off. they are launching deadly strikes against america. they are very costly to the american military. they need to start withdrawing their troops. they need to guard this particular flank. pakistan has made it clear that it will not, according to the prime minister, it will not be digging its heels in or to and anything that jeopardize his national interest. neither side is really backing down. it will

this month we speak with authors of george washington university here in washington, d.c.. and next month we had to george mason university in virginia. for more on her booktv college degrees is a booktv.org. >> and now from the 2011 roosevelt reading festival, philip terzian discusses his book, "architects of power: roosesvelt, eisenhower, and the american century." it's about 50 minutes.ning, >> thank you. and good morning, and i'm b honored and delighted to bee hee or at the roosevelt reading festival. i don't live around here, so i don't get to visit the roosevelt library very often, but every time i do and every time i visit the house i'm always reminded of henry morgan thaw who was fdr's neighbor here in duchess county and probably knew him as much as anyone and said that roosevelt had a thickly-forested interior which meant that roosevelt was a very rather enigmatic, um, distant, almost secretive man in many ways. but i've always felt that when you visit the house, especially, and walk around and look at it, you get as close as you'll ever get to appreciating franklin

he ran a mosque in falls church and was a chaplain at the george washington university.nlying postings are believed to have influenced major hasan nadal, the man charged with the rampage in >>> and police are investigating an attack on a jogger in arlington. the suspect knocked the woman to the ground, kicking her several times before sexually assaulting her. >>> d.c. police say they are close to identifying everyone involved in a fight in not that might have killed a george washington university student. patrick casey was hit in the face outside of a mcdonald's early friday morning causing him to fall and hit his head. casey was declared brain dead tuesday, his body taken to the medical examiner yesterday for an autopsy. much of what happened was caught on surveillance camera but they are not willing to say what happened until the investigation is finished many. >>> there could be a break in the case of a missingalexandria man this among. someone tried to use his bank card. when they did, the atm snapped the photo of a suspect and police are now looking for this person.

. >> police have potential suspects in the death of the george washington university graduate student. 33-year-old patrick casey died after hitting his head on the ground outside the northwest d.c. mcdonald's on friday. witnesses say that he was punched while trying to stop a fight. detectives are using security for this to identify those involved, but no arrests have been made. >>> and take a look in the day ahead, drivers in tysons corner should prepare for a big traffic taint. tomorrow state highway officials will permanently close the left exit from the inner loop of the beltway to westbound interstate 66. the left exit the is going away for good because of work on the high occupancy toll lanes. drivers will have to use the existing right exit ramps or 49a to go westbound on 66. >> should be interesting. >>> blackberry playbook feels more heat in the tabloid wars. >> the government starts its fiscal year without a budget. with business news, linda bell joining us from bloomberg headquarters in new york. good morning. >> good morning. in a few hours investors will get a key report

he spoke to the reserve officers association at george wash university tonight about his transition from the military to -- george washington university tonight about his transition from the military to pun life. >>> the military's -- public high. >>> the military's brac movement leaving some scrambling to stay a float. >>> here's april look at some of the other stories in our rundown. -- a look at some of the other stories in our rundown. not news edge at 11:00 is coming right back. >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> more headaches from the military's base realignment plan. fox 5 money reporter melanie alnwick has more. >> reporter: lunchtime apt toledo pizza on georgia -- at toledo pizza on georgia avenue still busy but lighter. kelly shy is one of about two dozen business owners just outside the gates of the former walter reed army medical center. when she opened in 2005, more than 5,000 people worked at the campus and the facility served about 150,000 patients. >> we saw georgia avenue as an opportunity. >> reporter: since the closure decision local stores have made adjustments. >> we kne

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. >> there's new information about the death of a george washington university student. find out what we're learning about the fatal altercation. plus, the charges have been dropped in a deadly tour bus crash, and it's been a year since the cell phone ban took effect in maryland. wait until you hear how many tickets have been handed out since then. >> up and down. it's been a long one to get through and i wish i could say it was going to be nothing but sunshine and fall weather for the weekend. it's going to be one of those. we'll talk about that. your complete forecast is coming up. stay with us. the edge will continue right after these commercials. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc cashbuilder visa credit card with a pnc performance select checking account and get up to 1.75% cash back for just about every purchase. learn more and apply today at pnc.com/cashbuilder. pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> new claims from police on what led to the fight that kill add gw graduate student. investigators report that things aren't as clear cut as they seemed at first. we

tonight, we continue our series "planet forward," a partnership with the george washington university social media project using your ideas to power our future. here's frank sesno. >> solar, solar, everywhere, designs from canada, ohio, new york, the cylindrical panels atop the university of tennessee house are different, up to 20% more efficient than the old-fashioned counterparts they say, bifacial on appalachan state home generate power from both sides. you're a home builder. dow this sort of thing for a living. bi facial solar panels here, cylindrical over there, what is the most innovative idea you have seen on the rooftop. >> it would be a toss up. i really like what i see. i think the bottom line comes down to what it will cost to actually put them on a house. >> and cost is partly determined by tax breaks and government goodies, vulnerable to budget cuts. >> you are a home builder, involved in all kinds of energy efficiencies. these solar panels, can they happen without government subsidies because those are under attack. >> that step to get up there without some kind of subsi

. >> and we've been talking with marcy norton who is a history professor here at george washington university and the author of this book, "sacred gifts, profane pleasures: a history of tobacco and chocolate in the atlantic world." thank you, professor. >> thank you. >> you're watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2's booktv. >> professor benjamin hopkins, what is the east india company? >> the british east india company was a semi-commercial company founded in the year 1600 by royal charter, by queen elizabeth, which gave it the exclusive right to trade with the indies. the english merchants. over time it transform into a kind of parasail juggernaut and behemoth that is extremely complex and difficult to understand. but the key thing about the east india company was that after the mid-18th century the east india company came to rule over much of the south asian subcontinent which included most of the modern-day bangladesh, india and pakistan. the east india company was rolled up in 1858, following a great new the of 1857 and 1858, and control of the south east asian subc

we noticed a new poll by the news site politico and george washington university that says 72% of voters believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction. anthony mason has been looking into why the economy can't get moving. >> reporter: even over a rainy labor day weekend in atlanta, hundreds of unemployed showed up when a charity handed out clothing and food. expecting a long line, larry cummings arrived four hours early. >> people going through recession, people losing jobs and things really tight. so this really helps. >> reporter: tough because the job market flat lined in august. the economy's net gain: zero. not a single job. >> we're on the cusp of recession. businesses are very nervous. they've stopped hiring. they're not laying off workers yet, that would be a recession, but they're pretty close. >> reporter: so economist mark zandi said close attention will be paid to the president when he unveils a new economic plan on thursday. >> i think the president's speech is critical. he has to reestablish confidence. >> reporter: confidence has eroded badly. 57% in the politi

speaking at george washington university in washington on wednesday, zoellick said... korea, brazil, china, india, russia, and indonesia accounted for one-fifth of global growth in the 1990s... but have now become and will continue to be... economic powerhouses. referring to china,... the world bank chief said... the country needs to be a "responsible stakeholder" in an interdependent global economy. he added that china, as the world's second- largest economy, should also "move toward a responsible with korea-japan relations having hit a rough patch after japan's recent series of sovereignty claims over korea's dokdo islets, seoul has suggested the two sides discuss the compensation of wartime sex slaves. choi you-sun has the details. the unsettled compensation of wartime sex slaves, better known as "comfort women," is expected to further widen the gap between korea and japan. just two weeks after the constitutional court of korea ruled that the government violated the constitution for not doing its best to help protect the women's rights by demanding compensation from

attended colleges in the united states, getting degrees at colorado state university, george washington universityknown as bin laden of the internet. for his use of youtube for recruiting wannabe terrorists. in fact, just last year, youtube removed several clips of awlaki because he was trying to insight violence. awlaki helped recruit the alleged underwear bomber charge with trying to blow up a u.s. flight to detroit on christmas day. they say he also exchanged e-mails with accused ft. hood shooter, major nidal hassan. and he ties to three of the september 11th hijackers. joining me now is cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson to talk about this, the significance of this. i know you're trying to find out exactly how he was killed. what is the likely scenario here? >> well, we know from yemeni officials that the attack was launched in about mid morning yemen time. he was in a convoy targeted in an air strike. we don't know whoofs spo was responsible for the air strike. there was a close intelligence cooperation between yemen and the united states. we know that u.s. drone unmanned

washington monument is our top trending story and the investigation into the death of a george washington universityand a post tweeted by "the onion" that caused so much controversy. >> still to come in the next hour of good morning, washington -- >> coming up, new food recalls in the wake of that deadly tainted cantaloupe report. >> and traffic and weather when good morning, washington continues in just >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >>> breaking news from yemen in what could be a major victory in the war on terror. american-born cleric at suspected al qaeda leader has been killed. >> we go live to northwest d.c. with breaking details. >>> good morning. he was called the inspiration for terror including the underwear bomber. officials confirmed to abc news that on where l a lucky was killed in yemen. he was killed in an air strike. u.s. officials tracked him and waited for the opportunity to strike. intelligence officials considered him the most significant threat to the united states. u.s. officials mentum once before the day after they killed zero some of

close to identifying everyone involved in a fight in northwest that may have killed a george washington university student. witnesses say patrick casey was hit in the face outside a mcdonald's early friday morning causing him to fall and hit his head. casey was declared brain dead tuesday and his body was taken to the medical examiner yesterday for an autopsy. police say much of what happened was caught on surveillance tape but they are not willing to say exactly what happened until the investigation is finished. >>> we have new details this morning about the alleged terror plot targeting federal buildings here in our area. rezwan ferdaus of massachusetts is charged with plotting to bomb the u.s. capitol and the pentagon using toy planes he brought bot on the internet. according to court documents, he traveled to d.c. in mayor to take surveillance photos of his target. >> they probably could have killed five or 10 people at the most but the fact is he would have to be at a very good vantage point and it was a lot more complicated than he thought and in the affidavit, i saw nowhere that he had flow

. >>> police confirmed today they believe a george washington university law student was part of an altercation. he died after the altercation at the mcdonald's on 19th and m street. they believe their son was breaking up the fight. today, investigators say casey was involved and may have thrown the first punch. the initial push came from, we believe it was mr. casey. it may have been from someone with him. we are still ironing that out. that was the initial push. >> someone then punched casey. he fell to the ground and hit his head. that left him brain dead. >> all the suspects involved have been interviewed. if it's simply an altercation, misdemeanor charges will be filed. >>> a protest for sunday is turning into a celebration in the district. the city decided despite a lot of budget challenges to keep the martin luther king library open on sunday afternoons. it's the only library in the whole system open on sundays. tom sherwood has the story. >> reporter: the martin luther king library in downtown washington is a distinctive black modern building opened in 1972. it's on the register of hist

identifying anyone involved in a fight in northwest washington that may have killed a george washington university. patrick casey was hit in the face outside of a mcdonald's causing him to fall and hit his head. he was declared brain dead tuesday, his body taken to the medical examiner yesterday for an autopsy police say that much of what happened was caught on surveillance cameras. they are not willing to say exactly what happened until the investigation is finished. casey was a veteran of the war in afghanistan. >>> now to the trial of a grand mother accused of tossing her granddaughter from a walkway in tyson corner. a judge tossed a second jury. now there are no alternates. dela rosa has been on various drugs after the dead of her father. she has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. >>> a consumer alert to pass on now. it could cost you more to get money out of your bank account. >> bank of america has announced a new fee for card holders. sarah has more. >> debits cards are common and they are very convenient to use from hats and jewelry. you may use them for coffee and sandwiches. 2/3 o

everyone involved in april fight in northwest that left a -- a fight in northwest that left a george washington university student brain dead. witnesses say patrick casey was hit in the face outside a mcdonald's early friday morning. fox 5's wisdom martin is following this one. >> police made contact with most of the people involved in the confrontation at the mcdonald's on m street and now six days after patrick casey was attacked his parents continue their search for answers. new questions from paul and gail casey about how police are handling the investigation into the death of their son. >> if there's a threat to the community, to the public and you've got a severe head injury, i think that's something that people need to be told about and notified about. >> reporter: late friday night, early saturday morning witnesses say patrick casey met two friends at the m street mcdonald's. three suspects who were already inside causing trouble turned their attention to patrick and his friends. the police report says patrick and his friends were leaving when there was sailor confrontation and one of the suspects

. >> casey just began a master's program at george washington university. >>> menassis city police are asking for your help to find a burglar. he broke into the 9600 block of branch view court. the woman said that the man was running near her bed and he ran off after she yelled at him. he was 5'9" with short, dark hair and wearing a golf shirt with jeans. if you have any information, police call the menasses city police. >>> today we will find out what will happen to the frank lynn theater. the board will make an announcement today. the d.c. landmark in northwest washington has run out of money to pay its bills. the board of directors held an emergency meeting to hold the discussion. they will draw events to pay the expenses. city leaders say that the theater may reopen after a management change. >>> lawmakers, can they avoid a government shutdown today with a one-week spending bill. >>> plus, more testimony in the case of conrad murray. why when he called 911 after michael [ screaming ] [ zapping ] there goes dwayne's car. oh, man. there goes dwayne's house. whoa! whoa! and there goes

that is tonight at 8 eastern. >> tonight, we will take you to george washington university here in washington d.c. for a live broadcast of the kalb report and a panel discussion looking back at media coverage of 9/11. you will hear from charlie gibson, dan rather, and current fox news anger brit hume -- fox new anchor brit hume. >> this weekend, the 10-year anniversary of 9/11 on the c- span networks, with live coverage from each of the memorial sites, new york city, shakes bill, pa., and the pentagon. here is our schedule. the plight 93 national memorial dedication ceremony from shanksville, pennsylvania. sunday morning, a memorial from the world trade center site critics must president biden at the pentagon, and on c-span3 at 9:30, honoring those who lost their lives on flight 93. 9/11 remember, this weekend on the c-span networks. >> next, a panel focusing on the joint deficit reduction committee and what it success or failure could mean for the economy. we'll hear from budget, legislated, and business experts during this hour-long event. >> they give very much. -- thank you very much. whe

. >> host: >>> up next an interview from george washington university. professor james' mother what happened on march 25th, 1931? >> march 25th, 1931 there were a number of black and white youth on a train in the depression-era america headed towards the south. a fight broke out among the train, the blacks won the fight, and expelled most of the white clothes, the white hoboes were outraged that the debt pact and they went out on the telegraph wire when the train stopped outside a small town in alabama there was a policy waiting and they gathered of nine black men and as the search the train the subsequently found finished with two white women dressed in overalls which was customary for the women when they hobo during the depression america and shortly after the nine young black men were accused of rape. summit and they became known as? >> they became known as the scottsboro boys and this was the most celebrated spectacles of the 1930's and i would add no other crime in or supposed crime in the united states has been the subject of so many trials, retria

when asked in a poll commissioned by politico and george washington university if they would support "a large scale federally subsidized nation-wide construction program" americans responded that they like the idea by a 30-point margin, actually. 51% in favor, 21% opposed. in the new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll, when asked how they feel on a road construction bill, 47% said it was a good idea, 27% said it was a bad idea. that's a 21-point margin in the policy's favor. for all that's not working and self-defeating in washington right now, could we actually get some real jobs help by investing in infrastructure? the president is on board, democrats are on board, labor is on board, business is on board, the american people are on board, republicans? i'm pretty sure they are not on board, but i have to tell you, it is sort of hard to tell. >> 20 years ago, if you want to make a phone call at the airport, you took out a quarter and you went to the pay phone and you put it in the pay phone. today you got these things, all right, you got a smart phone. president obama's strategy is

steve roberts, professor of journal ichl and media ethics at george washington university. and senior editor at national review. steve, in the first 24 hours, nobody has seen this book. lots of websites were trumpeting the sleaziest allegations. why? >> ratings. traffic. there is a conspiracy between the sarah palins and the donald trumps of the world and a lot of websites who, let's be honest. you need the eyeballs to sell advertising. media is under tremendous revenue pressures. >> and old fashioned notions like checking it out falls by the wayside? >> that often happens. i would give know mcginniss a failing ethics grade in my class but it is pushed by tremendous pressure and demand. >> is the sarah palin and alleged drug use, alleged marital problems, or trig isn't her baby, is that too irresistible for media? >> of course. you can taub about sarah palin, the contents of her bathroom medicine cabinet and we go after it. she's a celebrity, not a politician. she is judged by the rules when people go in to report about her. >> even celebrities are entitled to fair treatmen

megyn: there's a pretty crow/george washington university poll that says democrats have a one-point lead on the ballot. >> there are all kinds of polls that will be out on the generic ballot, some are of likely voters, registered voters and in the all cases is the trend. the trend we're seeing is not much different from what we're seeing, and that politico story is not seeing a big change. we're looking more than a year to go until the election. the economy's condition a year from today will say more about what's going to happen. but overall, you have to give the republicans a slight edge to regain control of the u.s. senate just because of the way the seats are distributed, and they clearly have the edge to hang on to the house in 2012. megyn: uh-huh. time will tell. scott, thanks so much. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: got some breaking news on the texas fires and the race for the white house. governor rick perry left the campaign trail yesterday to fly home and try to deal with these fast-moving wildfires in his state. state officials say that more than 1,000 homes have been burned in at

. >> don't forget the president of george washington university said we should do more.t's a long-term grotesque deficiency now because of what they did recently. they raised the debt limit to almost $17 trillion. you have to go long-term. you can't just get there with little cuts in the payroll tax which takeses money out of the social security system. i don't know why anybody hasn't figured out when you have a system that goes into the bylaws in 2036 and you do the cuts on the payroll tax it funds it less. >> the counter argument would be right now from the president, but more broadly, certainly from the democratic base that the economy is teetering on a potential double dip, and that stimulus will help. do you disagree with that? >> no you don't but we we said in our report we'll put in the baby in 2013, don't forget what we did. we realize this is a fragile time and economic situation. i agree with you have to be careful but you have to get going. >> what do you think is specific about the president piling another $467 billion on to the mandate of the supercommittee?

. >> my name is jason stern i am a graduate student at george washington university.at no matter who is in the white house, the arab springwood present a challenge to uphold our values. how well has the obama administration responded to the arab spring and how the bush administration have responded if they were still in power? >> it is difficult to judge the quality of the current effort without having to speculate about what is going to come out at the border and of the process. have answers to a couple of key questions. i don't know who is going to be in charge when the dust settles and new governments are established, whether these regimes -- how they will look at the u.s., what kind of relationships we are going to have. in some cases, some of the regimes have been replaced, like president mubarak in egypt, for example. they have been good friends and allies of the united states for years. we work closely together with them in the first gulf war, for example preview or evaluating the outcome in terms of u.s. interests, i think there is a lot we don't yet know abou

i went for my masters at george washington university in washington d.c.died science and technology. >> host: next call from chicago. mark, hi. are you with us? please go ahead. >> caller: i want to respond to the idea that obama is being singled out because of his race. i am a black man and a tea party supporter in large part and by that i mean the 0 original tea party which ron paul supported in 2008. that is where the idea came from. i also have a lot of progress of friends because i am anti intervention and anti imperialists i've been to anti-war rallies and all kinds of progressive sites and seen all kinds of profanity about george bush, the only. i trust is my own, all kinds of depictions of bush as a chimpanzee, comparing him to hitler, calls for him to be tried as a war criminal. by the way i happen to agree that he and work -- dick cheney were war criminals. they did lie to us and infringe on our constitutional rights but that only goes to underscore the point that obama is continuing the same policy. and intensifying those policies. so i think al

this month we speak with authors from george washington university here in washington d.c. and next month we head to george mason university in virginia. for more on our booktv college series, visit booktv.org. >> we'd like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. >> next, ben mezrich tells the story of that'd roberts, a fellow at nasa's johnson space center who stole moon rock samples from all six of the apollo missions and tried to sell them on the internet. [applause] >> thank you. and thank you. isn't it great to be here for late nights at the dma? it's wonderful. [applause] so thank you for joining us for this and, certainly, all of the other programs. i have to say, this is my third opportunity to host one of these conversations for this season, and it's just great. not only the wonderful talent that it's been able to attract, to bring to dallas, but also the fact that i always walk out, and i see a room full of people who love reading and writing as much as i do, and that great community that we share where we're able to talk to authors and talk a

vice president, i'm jason stern, a graduate student in middle east studies at george washington university. i think it's fair to say that no matter who is in the white house, the airport has a big challenge both to protect interest in a challenge to uphold our values. how well has the obama administration responded to arab string and how the bus administration responded differently if they had filled in the power? thank you. >> well, it's difficult to judge the quality and the current effort without having to speculate about what's going to come out at the far end of the process. and frankly, i don't have answers to the questions. i don't know who's going to be in charge when the dust settles and new governments are established. what are these regimes going to be like? how are they going to look at the u.s.? what kind of relationships are we going to have? in some cases, some of the regimes have been replaced by president mubarak in egypt for example in the united states over the years were closely in the gulf war. so if you are evaluating the outcome in terms of u.s. interest, i think the

. >> james mother's the chairman of the american studies department here at george washington university. in that your subtitle you use the word legacy of the trial. what is the legacy? >> i was concerned as a student with the ways in which scottsboro worked its way into the vocabulary of american race relations. the way in which the language circulates and language continues to carry meaning and the residents' long after the trade-off have occurred so the legacy for me is not just a leap of the legacy and not just the political legacy is the ways in which language and forms even in the history in bed in that language. .. >> now an booktv, recounting the presidential tenure of millard fillmore who took over from zachary taylor in 1850. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's always a wondrous occasion before you are introduced, you've been invited out for a drink. [laughter] and so definitely -- i was expecting you'd tell me i'd have to talk about grover cleveland, and then i'd have the buffalo trifecta; right? [laughter] what does one say who holds a chair when yo

>> i graduated from george washington university in 2007. >> this documentary was shot with what kind of a camera and edited on what contained of a machine? >> i shot it all on my personal camera, which is a panasonic pro zoomer camcorder, and it was all edited on any home computer in pro. >> how do you feel about the end product? >> i'm happy with the way it turned out. i think it showcases who rob is very well, and, if you hang out with rob for 15 minutes and watch the documentary, it's not painting a picture of someone that he isn't. he is that person that you see. >> so when did you hit bottom? >> hit bottom? >> after your injury, in the hospital, somewhere along the way, did you dip down and have a period of depression? >> not really. every now and then, maybe, get a little dejected for like a day, you know, kind of have a bad day, kind of bummed, but not for any significant period of time. >> who of your friends or your family had the toughest time seeing you when you got back? >> oh, i'm sure it was probably my mom and my parents. >> and how are they doing now? >> they seem to