and psat in venice who lives in them broken down what so and had been the mistress and henry james roche a wonderful story from the 1880s and as a scholar who did not know that they were still alive now that he knows he is alive and must have a treasure trove of the papers so he schemes and plots and gets into the house convinces the two old ladies so then the old lady dies. he confesses to the niece that he once the butter and says you can have it but he is horrified. he wanders court a day and says i have decided yes. i will marry you. it is too late i have burned of the letter. every one of them. took a long time but something along those lines have happened if it is not an easy story but in a week from now. >>cspan: when will you have another book? >>guest: i don't know. i am very slow. >>cspan: we are over time. "midnight in the garden of good and evil" is the name of the book our guest is john berendt over 160 weeks on the best-seller list. >> this is the home where jim williams them main character of "midnight in the garden of good and evil" lived in 1980 also the central ev

he was like james bond with astigmatism and jowls. please welcome henry kissinger. dr.singer, please don't get up, sir. all right, sir, as i was explaining to my audience in the second act of the show there are some out there who may not know the stature of the man sitting before me. you have advised many presidents under diplomacy. you were secretary of state to both nixon and ford. you received the nobel peace prize for the paris peace accords in 1973. and you've got a presidential medal of freedom. you published numerous works on foreign relations and your new book is called "on china" >> right. >> stephen: what's it about? (laughter) it's about the relationship between china and the united states in the-- . >> stephen: i got a bone to pick with you about that. you helped open the door to china, okay. and when you left, you left the door open. you should have closed it when you left china because now china has gotten out into the world and they are a major competition. shouldn't i blame you for some of the rise of china? >> well, two things. when we first went into c

secretary of state henry kissinger and his new book on china. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference, you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley, with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis to improve financial literacy and empair one conversation at a time. nationwide is your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. d belonged to your grandmother, right. yes, it was her ashtray, actually. - her ashtray. - her ashtray, yes. it was on her bedside cabinet. goodness me. what an amazing ashtray. - do you think that's what it was made for? - i have no idea. it's got a few stains on the back. looks as if it might be some nicotine - that's crept in there. - and it seems terribly uneven - and crude. - yes, remarkably crude, isn't it? yeah. so i suppose you thought it might just be a bit of old junk. - i hadn't really thought. just a quirky item. - you hadn't really thought. and did you n

james hammer. the next medal of valor to be presented will be to lt. henry parra and sgt russell gordon. the nomination will be read by assistant chief denise schmitt, the commanding officer at parallel at the time of the event. on february 17, 2010, at 4:30 in the afternoon, lt. henry parra and started russell gordon of terrible station confronted a deadly situation on the 1800 block of urban street. 1800 block of urban street is a light commercial corridor, starts on 19th avenue and runs nw. it contains many restaurants and businesses and is surrounded by residents. in many of the businesses, they are owned by business owners -- they are owned by asian business owners. this was the beginning of the lunar new year. when they arrived to work, they decided to walk a foot speed on irving street. as they arrived on 1800 block, unbeknownst to them, two men with violent criminal histories or having an argument inside one of the restaurants. these men were career criminals with asian gang affiliations. their arrest histories include robbery, carjacking, trafficking, assault weapons. this argum

henry kissinger. he was secretary of state for five months after james baker stepped down. details of the death have not been announced. he was 80. >> two time presidential candidate john edwards has pleaded not guilty to illegally using campaign contributions to cover up an affair. edwards was indicted on six felony counts. prosecutors claim the former senator solicited and spent $925,000 to hide an affair with the woman during a bid to the white house. >> there is no question i have done wrong but i take full responsibility for having done wrong. i will regret for the rest of my life the pain and the harm that i've caused, but i did not break the law and i never ever thought i was breaking the law. >> edwards' attorney says it was not a campaign contribution because it was never intended to the campaign. >> in the history of campaign law, no one has ever been charged either civilly or criminally with the claims brought against senator edwards today. >> if convicted he could face a five-year prison sentence and $250,000 fine for each of the six counts. >> president obama i

has justly received the henry adams prize, and it was a finalist for the los angeles times book prize in history. professor dunn is also the co-author with the incomparable james mcgregor burns of the three roosevelts, patrician leaders who transformed america as well as a 2004 biography of george washington. among susan's many other books are 2010's dominion of memories, and sister revolutions: french lightning, american light published in 2004. and now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome professor susan dunn. [applause] >> thank

virginia has been blessed with great leaders in our history from james madison to patrick henry.'ve never had a virginia and served as leader. and quickly, leader cantor has become one of the brightest conservative voices of his generation. majority leader cantor has worked tirelessly to build a republican majority in congress, to battle the obama agenda and restore america's fiscal house. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome a true conservative in the house of representatives and my congressman, majority leader eric cantor. [cheers and applause] ♪ >> thank you. thank you very much. thanks for that warm welcome and for the opportunity to be here today to address the faith and freedom coalition conference. you are terrific. we need more and more activity on your part, so thank you for being here. i want to especially thank ralph reid and his entire team for making all of this had been for this incredible event a success. and frankly, and standing up for the greatness of america for this time. [applause] you and the faith and freedom coalition to leave in america and so do i. you k

has justly received the henry adams prize, and it was a finalist for the los angeles times book prize in history. professor dunn is also the co-author with the incomparable james mcgregor burns of the three roosevelts, patrician leaders who transformed america as well as a 2004 biography of george washington. among susan's many other books are 2010's dominion of memories, and sister revolutions: french lightning, american light published in 2004. and now, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome professor susan dunn. [applause] >> thank you, bob. bob clark is the senior archivist here at the fdr library, and he is a genius, and he and lynn run a magnificent presidential archive. it's a great honor for me as the daughter of a refugee from nazi germany to be speaking here in the home of my idol, franklin roosevelt. well, this story begins in november, 1936, when fdr won a landslide election. every state in the union except maine and vermont joined in the strong vote of confidence in if roosevelt and the new deal. on election night fdr was home in hyde park listening to the radio and reading the press tickers. as the astonishing results came in, he leaned back in his

henry a. wallace visitor and education center. i'm bob clarke the center organizer at the library and it is my great push an honor to introduce our concluding session today, and james macgregor burns, conversations and ratings with james macgregor burns, michael beschloss and susan dunn. because of the special format of the keynote session there will not be a question and answer period. mega-band. i'm certain a wide-ranging discussion between these eminent historians will provide more than enough food for thought today. i would also like to balance the presence of our friends from c-span who are here today. we appreciated as always their support and participation in the roosevelt reading festival and the good work they do in bringing the festival and into the homes that are not able to come to hyde park in person. franklin roosevelt a great collector books and an amateur historian in his own right once wrote that books are always faithful friends and ever cheerful companions. the thing -- same could be said of our three guests on stage today. james macgregor burns can rightly be called the dean of roosevelt biographers. he of the pulitzer prize-winning political sc