by the way, the picture on the cover of your book is called hillbilly allah g. comes from where? >> guest: i don't know it is a stock image the publisher used to put together the book cover so i don't know where it is exactly from. my guess is just just looking at it is from western carolina. c-span: thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. ♪

by the way, the picture on the cover of your book is called hillbilly allah g. comes from where? >> guest: i don't know it is a stock image the publisher used to put together the book cover so i don't know where it is exactly from. my guess is just just looking at it is from western carolina. c-span: thank you for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. ♪ america is not defined by ethnicity. every ethnicity exists in america it's not defined by religion. every religion exists in america we are defined by an idea. the only country in the history of the world that was created and defined by an idea. therefore, in order to keep the republic as franklin had joined us to do, we must know those ideas. we must understand those ideas and buy into those ideas and we must live them out. >> his books include biographies. his latest "if you can keep it, the forgotten promise of american liberty." join our conversation with your calls, e-mails and paste the questions live, sunday at noon eastern on booktv in depth on c-span2. >>> welcome to book tv on c-span2 in prime

his project is called sad clowns and hillbillies. it marks his 23rd album over the course of a remarkable career. here are some of the videos for "easy target" from john mellencamp. ♪ so black lives matter who are we trying to kill ♪ ♪ it's an easy target don't matter ♪ ♪ crosses burning such a long time ago ♪ ♪ we still don't let it go >> so i was waiting to seat other night at the greek theater in l.a. whether or not you were goinging to do this song. and i'm watching you and the band the entire concert except on this one song because i know the lyrics so well. you gave thus video back in january when you first did this. we premiered this video on this program. i know the lyrics. i want to watch the audience when you performed this song. a overwhelmingly white audience to see how they responded. i was so relieved when they got into this song at the end, the applause for this was amazing as you recall in that audience. those are tough lyrics. dinlt know how the audience was going to swallow that. >> well, i got better news for you.

tonight we talk about books with jd advance, author of hillbilly elegy. neil degrasse tyson uh-huh thor of as to physics for people in a hurry and with al franken. >> i didn't fesly think i was the guy who was going to beat norm coleman and as the campaign progressed, it became less and less about norm coleman and more and more about those who any cafe i would go to, small towns, anywhere, vf-w hall, american legion hall, you would see a sheet up there saying we're having spaghetti dinner for this family cuz they've gone bankrupt because of a health care crisis. and elizabeth warren had been on my radio show telling me more than 50% of americans go bankrupt because of a health care crisis, related to a health care crisisment and i knew that, on my radio show. but it got personal, cuz it was personal with the people of minnesota. so it is a petty reason to run for the senate, to say someone's got to beat this guy. but what it became por anmore about was what paul said. paul said that politics isn't about winning for the sake of winning. it isn't about mone

bit more little involved than some of the hillbillies that we have to deal south.rther >> appreciate you weighing in. pennsylvania, we hear from ted on our republican line. go ahead, ted. mute your television. comments.ith your ted in pennsylvania. >> okay. i wonder, as things go on, going to have major countries that are footing the states, russiaed and china. a little country like tahiti, to get an even slice of everything that goes is that going to be resolved? maybe it should be resolved before we get too involved in it. of our earlier callers anding about elon musk private space ventures. this is a piece from nbc news saying, so you want to be a tourist? one of those options talking about spacex. musk's company. the dragon cargo craft there, approaching the international station in one of their resupply missions. from derry, new hampshire. hello to michael on the independent line. >> hello. yes. hi. my comment is, after -- i love the technology in space and all that stuff, but i really think the manned missions really should not be going forward, that's out radiation there, the

and third, jd vance recalls his childhood in a rust belt town in ohio in hillbilly elegy. >> then markbenson's advice on leading a happier life. and a collection of excerpts from the diary of humorist david harris. >> oh five/one new and i'm the director here at the commonwealth club. welcome to tonight's conversation the author of a brand-new book wild ride inside the quest for world domination and the executive editor of fortune. we are especially excited he will be speaking with care and executive editor of the host of the recode podcast calle hot one trail of the story since the beginning

. >> next is hillbilly eulogy, fantastic book and everything i heard about it is wonderful, talks aboutassociational life in america. an issue i have been looking into on the joint economic committee and the struggles of people not only in appalachia but throughout the country. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via twitter@booktv or instagram@book a tv or post it to our facebook page, facebook.com/booktv. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. now president of farm and ranch associations in the us, canada and mexico speak about their support for the north atlantic free trade agreement, representatives of the three countries have become a new round of talks to update the pact by 2018. this event was held at the national press club.

you remember the beverly hillbillies a t.v. show. for a man named jack of the family including some bubbling crude oil that is black gold texas tea well in the opening credits that t.v. show they show the beverly hills mansion and that mansion that's just traded in the market and took a huge discount many many many millions of dollars and it's poetic justice. jed clampett the original oil baron in los angeles his mansion is getting hammered in the market so oil obviously is not working anymore. the outgoing american ambassador to russia has given a series of food will interviews on the stage of u.s. russia relations it all boils down to we have a problem and russia needs to fix it does blaming the other side is a political strategy. doing this to me that's an average of twenty seven people being killed in iraq every day trapped in the ongoing siege of. coalition airstrikes and terrorists fighting. an alleged nato airstrikes killed eleven civilians in afghanistan. raising new questions about the accuracy of coalition bombardments. and

. >> next, reading list is hillbilly, a fantastic book and everything i've heard about it is wonderful. talks about association of life in america an issue i've been looking into on the joint economic committee and talks about some of the struggles of people not only in appellation but throughout the country. >> booktv wants to know what you are reading. send us your summer reading list via

author of "hillbilly elegy: memoir of a family and culture in crisis" and in the book dives into howed the mark on the white working class that fueled donald trump's campaign. j.d., excellent book. thanks so much for joining us. give us your, your reaction when you saw what was going on in charlottesville. >> well, wolf, you see people marching around doing the nazi salute. i come from a family with a large number of military veterans and from back in the day, people who actually went and fought the nazis. it's really disturbing to see this display of white national inch and became doubly terrifying because it led to somebody losing their life. like a lot of people, watched the tv, was horrified and forced me to think what's going on in our country and happening that this stuff is becoming seemingly more common. >> you've done a lot of research in this area. it's the nazi slogans that you hear. the anti-semitism. racism. comments about women. what motivating it? these are young people by and large. >> that's right. there are a lot of young people. i think we have to -- in ways keep i

for the record, beverly hillbillies even predates me a little bit sglifs going to sa sglifs. >> i was to say, probably your era >>> and loottery fever is heatig up no one won last night, so now it grows to $362 and the next drawing is friday night. >> jackpot fatigue if they don't get higher levels. >> but for now it's buy, buy, buy. >>> now to sports,s super bowl champs will be traveling to all their road games in style. the patriots are the first nfl team to buy their own planes the pats somewhere bought two boeing 767s and retrofitted them with all first class seats it has the team logo and fiv super bowl trophies have won on their tail >> i'm sort of surprised that this didn't already exist. >> the brooklyn dodgers in the late '50s used to have a plane and you need a lot of leg room for the football players >> big seats extra large. >>> coming up, today's must reads. >> but first as we head out, another check on the action in europe those markets have been to the down side all day. you see red right across the continent. i love you, basement guest bathroom. your privacy makes you

and it is the most expensive me >>> the mansion featured on "the beverly hillbillys" is now for sellsive home in the country. the ten-acre estate hit the market today. $350 million is the asking price. the house is 25,000 square feet and has a ballroom, wine cellar, manicured garden, tennis court, pool, 40-car garage and view of the pacific. >> 40-car garage? man, i always thought that was a movie set. >> i'm old enough to remember that show. >> so am i. >> before we go -- >> tv land. watch repeats. >> no, i was -- >> yeah, we all -- >> put in a bid for the house. thanks for joining us. we'll see you tomorrow. >> bye. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- jeff bridges, aubrey plaza,

his latest project is called sad clowns and hillbillies.scuss the project and so much more, i suspect. we're glad you joined us, a conversation with john mellencamp coming up in just a moment.

the home beverly hillbillies is on the market for $350 million.estate built in 1933 and sits on more than ten acres of land with impressive view of downtown l.a. the house belonged to billionaire jerry perenchio until he passed away 30 years ago. so that's impressive. >> cool house. >> cool house. thanks for food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> good wednesday morning. let's start right now with a live look outside from our emeryville cam are>>> where the fog is out and even some light mist in the air this morning. we are glad you're with us on this midweek wednesday. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. straight to the forecast right now with kari. >> it is looking nice as you step out th

. ♪ >>> hillbilly elegy's been up on the list for a while. >> i like astronomy for those in a hurry. me. >>> tom brady opening up in a rare interview, talking about his mother's battle with cancer. >> he spoke about how his mother's fight helped him on the field. >> reporter: back in february, patriot tom brady became the only quarterback in history to lead his team to five super bowl wins. >> nobody's ever won more super bowls, nobody's ever been better. >> reporter: but while he was cementing his legacy on the field as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, he was facing a personal battle off the field. the quarterback now opening up about his mother's cancer diagnosis and treatment. >> it was a very challenging time for our family. my mom has been such an important, supportive, loving, caring, sweet, kind, generous mom. >> reporter: brady speaking out tuesday morning on weei radio's kirk and callahan show. >> she couldn't be any better considering all she's gone through. she's on the road to recovery. >> reporter: in the midst of the trying teams, brady was vesably emotiona

(nat cars) steven soderbergh's hillbilly heist flick may not make off with a huge score.ogan lucky" lands on a few hundred fewer screen's than its opening weekend competition. the all-star cast, including channing tatum, daniel craig and adam driver worked a piece of the action if it performs well. variety says "logan lucky" could open to between five and twelve million dollars, with the hollywood reporter pegging it's take at eight million. we'll have to wait until monday to see if either caper caps off the weekend. in hollywood, i'm rick damigella. (anny) coming up... an off duty fire fighter killed after a shooting in san jose. details on the investigation that led to the shooting. ♪ ♪ be a powerful force. nature valley here is a live look at the embarcadero. (anny)(lydia) here is dave spahr with the weather.spahr with the here is dave (lydia) here is dave spahr with the weather. (dave) a few degrees of cooling are expected over the weekend and into early next week as an approaching trough of low pressure weakens the area of high pressure currently over the eastern pac

more from the nation's capitol featuring hillbilly eligibility author and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. and later that month, look for us in new york at the brooklyn book festival and the baltimore book festival taking place at inner harbors. book fairs and festivals with coverage and click on the link. >> author of the book grouchy historian defending our constitution against the right wing hippo crits. have you always been grouchy and also been a historian? >> i think i may have acerbated to grouchy part. but undesirable because i was the boss. we have

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. >> they had the beverly hillbilly experience. >> the thing about what was amazing is that the osage tribe was alotted. what that means is essentially the u.s. government forced a native-americ native-american tribes to end their communal ownership of land and turn them into private property owners. when they were negotiating, they managed to slip into the agreement a very curious provision which said that they will maintain all subsurface mineral rights to their land. so even if they lost the surface territory, they still control what was underneath. now they had a hint that there was some oil and this was around 1906 when the negotiations were going on. they had some hint that there was oil on the land. but nobody felt they were sitting on a fortune. so they very shrewedly held on to this last realm of their land. and they became really the world's first underground reservation. >> in retrospect, it was beyond brilliant. >> yeah. >> as you put, they slipped that into the negotiations. how did the good white man, the smart white man allow that to happen? >> yeah. well, there was two

or you remember the beverly hillbillies the t.v. show. porn man named the family should know some crude came from bubbling crude oil that is black gold. well in the opening credits the t.v. show they show the series beverly hills mansion and that mantra has just traded in the market and took a huge discount many many many millions of dollars into its poetic justice jed clampett the original oil baron in los angeles his mansion is giving hammered in the market so boyle obviously is not working anymore. breaking news to belong to the chemical plant to the u.s. city of houston texas after hurricane flooding to the site. the u.n. estimates that's an average of twenty seven people are being killed. every day in the ongoing fija proclaims competent civilians the falling victim to both coalition and the terrorists by saying. eleven civilians have been killed enough down the songs logo on profits when a nato helicopter hit a house and thought to be hiding taliban fighters. and a migrant camp in central brussels as well daily raising fears of anot

. >> next on my reading list is "hillbilly elegy. this fantastic and everything i heard about it is wonderful. it talks about association of life in america, i've been looking into that issue and it talks about some of the struggles of people in appellation and throughout the country. >> book tv wants to know what you are reading, send us your reading list via twitter, book tv or instagram at book -underscore tv, or posted to her facebook page, facebook.com/book tv. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> book tv visited capitol hill test members of congress what they are reading the summer. >> right now, reading a book called "the safety net that works. "really trying to understand the issues surrounding poverty and trying to find answers to problems that we deal with with people in poverty and how we move them into the middle class.

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. >>> hillbilly heist flick may not make off with a huge store.ogan lucky lands on a few hundred fewer screens than its competition. the all star cast worked for scale, plus a piece of the action if it performs variety said it will openn 5 and $12 millionwith the hollywood reporter pegging its take at 8 million. >>> spiderman will be spinning his web across the tv screen today. it debuts today robby damen is the voice between the web swinging hero. keep an eye out for stan lee disney the par 6abc >> a pleasant good morning to you, 6:56 a.m. saturday morning, 76 degrees out there. sky6 live hd via the temple university camera giving you that glimpse there over center city. meteorologist chris sowers taking sometime off, karen rogers in she has a look at the forecast in just a bit. >>> so glad you stayed wuts, here's a question for you to think about do you swoon over built in bookcases around the bed, but don't have the budget for construction that goes with creating one. here's how to pull it off for a fraction of the cost. >> reporter: custom bui

wife was born in san descent, i wasn terrified that she would think my family was a bunch of dumb hillbilliesnd they would think she was a strange -- but they love each other. there are studies that suggest when people of different groups spend time together they empathize at a much greater extent. we have too much segregation between the elites and the rest of the country. if you are a policy maker in washington, d.c., you know very little about the people in ohio. charlie: what effect do you think this election is having on this country other than disdain for the tenor of it? is having ak it very negative effect especially on the white working class. what it is doing is giving people an excuse to point the else --nger at summary finger at someone else. i think it is fair to say the policy elites from the democratic party have not been totally concerned about the white, working-class, but at the same time what donald trump has done is change the focus on the to a, working-class politics of pointing the finger. -- said that what hillary clinton should do now is she should go to these working-

jd vance discusses his book, hillbilly elegy, book tv this week and primetime in c-span2. >> a book tv on c-span2 continues and primetime tonigh

well you remember the beverly hillbillies the t.v. show. for a man named relic of the family should know some crude came from bubbling crude oil that is black gold texas tea well in the opening credits that t.v. show they show the beverly hills mansion and that magic has just traded in the market and took a huge discount many many many millions of dollars and just it's poetic justice jed clampett the original oil baron and los angeles his mansion is getting hammered in the market so while obviously it's not working anymore. there's a letter we found. in the desert with when somebody jumped over the wall the wall. we sleep with these waters jugs out there and these racist groups will. surely. and we find shotgun shells people shooting at the migrants. twenty years ago i started going out to the desert like we're doing right now to bring water to people that are across because the people that are across you know across the rio all the way they jam they cannot get visas there's no visas for these people so they risk their lives crossing of the

ignorant hillbillies, you've said enoh. shut up.noise is overwhelming. >> greetings from the christian knights and global crusaders of the ku klux klan. you have been brainwashed. >> reporter: as tensions rise, demonstrators on each side jump e fences. police rush to push each back ed. so many ofu, stand behind the wall time up is up on their permit, so heimbach's rs. >> that's what youory for us. they tried to shut our event down and they were unable to.m of speech won, baby. >> reporter: but both sides continue to provoke each other. >> you're class traitors, you're national traitors. >> repg moments, the police chief fears orcements, state police in ut his case. >> when you've gotou, you've got to work and do your best to not get killed. right? >> reporter: today, police held the line. crisis averted. but coming up, heimbach, spencer, macauley and jenkins meet again in charlottesville, virginia, on a day with tragic consequences. >> the car just plowed through hundreds of people.ter: and is th >> you had a group on the other side

ignorant hillbillies, you've said enough. several speakers try to punch through, but the noise is overwhelming. >> greetings from the christian knights and global crusaders of the ku klux klan. you have been brainwashed. >> reporter: as tensions rise, demonstrators on each side jump the fences. police rush to push each back behind their barriers, desperate to keep them separated. >> there are so many of you, stand behind the wall! >> reporter: time up is up on their permit, so heimbach's group heads back to their cars. >> that's what you call a victory for us. they tried to shut our event down and they were unable to. freedom of speech won, baby. >> reporter: but both sides continue to provoke each other. >> you're class traitors, you're national traitors. >> reporter: now in the closing moments, the police chief fears he's losing control. so he calls in reinforcements, state police in full riot gear. a nervous heimbach pulls out his gun, even cocks it, just in case. >> when you've got a lot of people that want to kill you, y

. >> hillbilly crack. >> just like heroin, but, you know, stick it up your nose. >> carroll has been sentenced to five years for theft and giving false information to a police officer. >> smithson was sentenced to one year for carrying a concealed weapon. >> don't have no peace. >> for years. >> looking over your back. >> got 11 kids. i got eight boys and three girls. my oldest will be 19. i was real promiscuous when i was younger. >> i'm from kentucky. >> i got uncles down there bootleggers. like 190 proof, you're on fire. >> last time it was like $10 a jar. i don't drink no more, all my money goes to pills, now. i don't drink no more, i don't smoke pot. all my money goes to the pills. >> prescription pills create problems inside the jail as well. >> several nights ago we had inmate workers observe on camera passing what appeared to be pills. the officers reacted. they rovered 21 pills which were identified as valium. we have the results back. >> van winkle. >> one of the inmates who tested positive was destiny van winkle. but she says pills are not her drug of choice. >> i've been

player miller the beverly hillbillies a t.v. show. for a man named jack barely got the family to. some crude. crude oil that is. traded in the market and. many many many millions of dollars. the original. his mansion is hammered in the market so oil. is not working anymore. the two thousand and eight economic crisis turns some countries into pigs these are the countries with. needed austerity policies if you are in a situation or. even the recession. very bad idea it doesn't work it makes millions of people very happy an employer see their wages decline almost a decade how good are the results. while still in place who want. to. be considered is the come. to the decision. welcome back to worlds apart of the corporate law and the president of the london center for policy research that's a london i know that you're in favor of the idea of the so-called arab nato with saudi arabia and egypt at the top what makes you believe that a military organization with membership that is based on the this city and six tearing affiliation could be a force for good in that part of the world well i

and then he was like it's a bunch of good ol' boys and hillbillies robbing nascar.a good giggle out of me. i was like, all right. and lo and behold we were down in the south going crazy. we got -- we lucked out. it was a coup to get all the actors we have in this movie. >> jimmy: you have some great actors in there. you are going on an unusual promotional tour. >> yep. >> jimmy: how is this going to work exactly? >> usually when you like sell a film you sit in a hotel room and they bring in people after people and you get four minutes and they just kind of ask different variations of the same questions. i love all those people. i've grown up with them. and they're great. but i'm dying to do something different. so we're just going to go on a road trip and go all around. >> jimmy: have you picked all the spots or are you going to play it by ear -- >> we actually want help. we want help to find stuff to do on the road trip. if you live somewhere that something cool is going down in that city or you have something weird like the biggest ball of wax or yarn or something

hillbilly heroin. >> just like heroin, but, you know, stick it up your nose. >> carroll has been sentenced to five years for theft and giving false information to a police officer. >> smithson was recently sentenced to one year for carrying a concealed weapon, and nonpayment of child support. >> he don't have no peace. >> for years. >> looking over your back. >> got 11 kids. i got eight boys and three girls. my oldest will be 19. i was real promiscuous when i was younger. >> prior to pill addiction, boast used to rely on a substance more from the region they are from, moonshine. >> i got uncles down there bootleggers. like 190 proof, you'ren fire. you have to run around for a minute. >> last time it was like $10 a jar. i ain't bought none in a while. i don't drink no more, all my money goes to pills, now. i don't drink no more, i don't smoke pot. all my money goes to the pills. >> prescription pills create problems inside the jail as well. >> several nights ago we had inmate workers observe on camera passing what appeared to be pills. the officers reacted. they recovered 21 pills which wer

the main building was in the credits for the "beverly hillbillies." >> $1.8 million monthly mortgagenterest with 20% down since you asked. it also has a 75-foot swimming pool, a pool house, a wine cellar, a paneled dining reasonable. >> so if you win the megamillion tonight. >> and the powerball. >> and the powerball, you still might be able not to afford that. >>> fast forward. on "game of thrones," the new details we're learning about the hbo cyber security breach and what hackers are posting online. >>> and later, the long and winding road for rachel "the bachelorette" is over. she was forced to pick her future husband in last night's final episode. we'll have the emotional breakup before the final rose. so, what actually went down? our analyst is going to break it all down for us, as only he can. >> our t.j. holmes among those tweeting about it who is not happy. he's like, there are serious shenanigans going on right now. >> we'll get to the bottom of that. first, here's a look at our forecast. >>> "world news now" weather, brought to you by flex seal. no matter who was in there

tonight we talk about books with jd advance, author of hillbilly elegy.l degrasse tyson uh-huh thor of as to physics for people in a hurry and with al franken. >> i didn't fesly think i was the guy who was going to beat norm coleman and as the campaign progressed, it became less and less about norm coleman and more and more about those who any cafe i would go to, small towns, anywhere, vf-w hall, american legion hall, you would see a sheet up there saying we're having spagh