announcer: former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett, the brother of billionaire investorarren buffett, on world hunger. that is today at 6:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. the head of the federal election commission recently joined political strategisttwo to look at -- joined two political strategists. this is about 1 hour 10 minutes. >> ready? good evening and welcome to today's, meeting of the commonwealth club of california. theplace where you're in know.

to sell with all of her in effect, they languished in new york for a decade until this summer howard buffett made an incredible donation and recently gave them to the library of congress and in february theyopened. they are re >> many of this year's presidential candidates have written books to introduce themselves to voters and to promote their views on issues. here's a look at some of the candidates books. >> booktv has covered many of these candidates. watch them on our web site, booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. booktv, television for serious readers. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. >> host: and representative anna eshoo is the top democrat on the subcommittee on communications and technology, and she's our guest this week on "the communicators." thanks for coming back. >> guest: thank you. it's a pleasure to be here with you. >> host: well, since the last time we talked, net neutrality is now the

to sell with all of her in effect, they languished in new york for a decade until this summer howard buffett made an incredible donation and recently gave them to the library of congress and in february theyopened. they are re >> and now joining us on book tv, john goodman of the independent institute. >> a think tank, and i just just started my own think tank called the given institute. we work closely together. i am an economist. my focus on southern politics. >> where are you based? >> ii am in dallas, we have a virtual think tank. i can be anywhere. >> you have written about healthcare for quite a while. is that a fair statement? >> pretty fair. >> here is your most recent book a better choice, solutions for america. the affordable care act is now law of the land. >> it is. this focuses on six big problems with obama care that are not going away and will require congress and the president to get together and solve them. if they don't things will get back. >> what is problem number one? >> do you accept the affordable care act as the law of the land? of course it is the law of the land. i

judy: please thank howard buffett and emmanuel. thank you. next washington journal, former u.s. ambassador to nato on the u.s. role in the organization and the challenges it faces. alberto fernandez, who previously headed the counter messaging campaign against isis, on u.s. strategy to counter violent extremism. and oklahoma senator james lankford talks about this year's waste book, that highlights unnecessary or excessive spending by the federal government. as always, we take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span. all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states had managed to draw near and give their attention. >> coming up on "landmark cases". see the paper, rita and see what it was. once they refused to do so, she grabbed it out of his hands and looked at it. started, and she put this piece of paper into her bosom. very readily, the police officer put his hands into her bosom, and removed the paper. thereafter,er, handcuffed her. while the police officers started to s

this case are items from the rosa parks collection which the library received on loan from the howard buffett foundation in september of 2014. it is on loan from the foundation to the library. we have in the center instructions rosa parks wrote to help alleviate problems andrring between drivers pick up riders organized in the carpool to help support the montgomery bus boycott. rosa parks served on the board of the montgomery improvement association, which was the organization established to -- to directthat the bus boycott. for about a month, she served as dispatcher. it was her job to take calls pickupders looking for and to coordinate those with the drivers of private cars and station wagons. we also have from the rosa parks fromction this date book the montgomery fair department store where she worked. dated 1955. she repurposed it to keep notes about the bus boycott in 1956. in this date book, we have the list of drivers. we have the list and addresses of naacp members. we have notes about the court cases. we have lists of witnesses that appeared in the court cases. then we are going to

announcer: sunday, former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett, brother of filling your investor warren buffett, discuss world hunger. the prime minister founded in organization that helps african nations gain access to food. and mr. buffett issuing a collection of graphs on hunger issues. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern hen

we worked on this article together but we never really talked about why you chose howard buffett as theou put the issue together. >> we wanted to do a wealth issue and we thought one of the driving things is not about how to acquire wealth. you have wealth, what do you do with it now? who manages it for you? how do you involve your kids and how do you give it away? here is a great example of a guy who literally dedicated his life to giving away part of his father's fortune. that is how we ended up talking about that. he and his siblings have been given each an amount of money to do good in the world, told to do good and they were rewarded with more money because they did do good. howard's share is $4.7 billion pair we do not know if a lot of people know about that. how, we werese of talking with howard before about his giving. investments, not charity. there are plenty of billionaires out there who just give away their money and let organizations care about it. about 4.1ntrol billion dollars, more than the gdp of all countries on the planet with the exception of the u.s. and china. we a

my interview with howard buffett comes out today.e has a foundation that has already given away $775 million in africalobal hunger and we spoke about the differences between charity and philanthropy. >> we try to avoid philanthropy if we can. if you look at what we are doing building threee hydroelectric plants. that is an investment and the people who benefit are the who will continue to receive income, people benefit from it, obviously from their homes, and then dennis -- businesses will be built. an investment and charity kind of comes into play when there is not an opportunity to make an investment, when you feel there is something you should do and you are compelled to do it. >> he tells me he only asks for his father's investment advice if he is not sure about something and only if he is prepared to take the advice. crush.head, candy the company is being taught by blizzard at a 20% discount. what does this say about the mobile gaming business next? ♪ betty: welcome back to a match made in gaming heaven. activision, the maker of

stage, got the papers themselves, they languished in new york for a decade until this summer howard buffett made an incredible donation and gave them to the library of congress and in february they opened. they are remarkable. the library of congress is open to anyone who wants to visit, you could actually read letters between rosa parks and her husband and her mother and you can see her political writing, you can hear her voice talking about why she did what she did. i very much recommend that. >> host: spending more time at the library of congress. jeanne theoharis, "the rebellious life of mrs. rosa parks" is the name of the book. >> next joseph ellis provides a new look at the american revolution on booktv. [applause] >> we are very honored and privileged to have one of the leading authors and scholars of the revolutionary war period in our country, joseph ellis. joseph ellis is a person who grew up in washington, went to william and mary, then got his ph.d. at yale and spent most of his academic career teaching at college where he was dean of the faculty at one point and dow prof. and t

quick sunday, former prime --ister >> sunday, former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett discuss world hunger. they founded an organization that helps provide the world access to food. mr. buffett is showing photographs related to food. at 6:30 p.m.y eastern on c-span. major general gordon davis gave an update on operations in afghanistan, including the current role of u.s. troops, afghan forces ability to protect their country, and cobb at efforts against the taliban and isis. from washington journal, this is 35 minutes. for the past couple of years on thanksgiving, we have been joined by u.s. service members and military brass from afghanistan and we want to welcome major general gordon davis joining us from kabul, afghanistan. happy thanks giving and thank you for your service and thanks for being with us. you and your viewers, happy thanksgiving to everyone out there. it is a pretty nice day here. host: the me begin with news, this is the front page of the new york times. as you well know, saying the airstrike that hit the hospital in afghanistan on october 3 was avoi

to sell with all of her in effect, they languished in new york for a decade until this summer howard buffett made an incredible donation and recently gave them to the library of congress and in february theyopened. they are re >> you were watching booktv, television for serious readers. watch any program you see are online at booktv.org your. >> next up dr. ben carson former neurosurgeon and current republican presidential candidate recalls portions of his life in ways in social and political issues. >> good afternoon and welcome. my name is john hughes. i'm an editor for "bloomberg news" first word. that's bloomberg breaking his desk in washington. and i'm president of the national press club. thank you, thank you. [applause] our guest today is now researching dr. ben carson. he'll discuss his newest books, one he wrote with his wife candy, titled "a more perfect union: what we the people can do to reclaim our constitutional liberties." but first i would like to introduce our distinguished head table. this head table includes club members and also guests of the speaker. from the audience's

announcer: former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett, the brother of billionaire investor warren buffett, on world hunger. that is today at 6:30 p.m. eastern right here on c-span. the head of the federal election commission recently joined political strategisttwo to look at -- joined two political strategists. this is about 1 hour 10 minutes. >> ready? good evening and welcome to today's, meeting of the commonwealth club of california. theplace where you're in know. find the commonwealth club on the internet at commonwealthclub.org, or download the club's apple and android app. hanson, executive director. a member of the silicon valley advisory board of the club, and your moderator for today's program. today, we are going to take an inside look at the way political campaigns really work, and in turn, the american political system. campaigns, of course, still seem to be all about the money. and donald trump's personal funds aside, most of that money needs to be raised from various interests. "the new york times" recently reported that to date 150 families have contributed $

announcer: sunday, former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett, brother of filling your investor warren buffett, discuss world hunger. the prime minister founded in organization that helps african nations gain access to food. and mr. buffett issuing a collection of graphs on hunger issues. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> [indistinct chatter] announcer: next, a look at the future of the smithsonian institution with the new secretary. he sat down with a conversation with the aspen institute president and ceo. this is one hour 15 minutes. >> [indistinct chatter] >> all right, i think we are ready. good afternoon. thank you all for being here. i am the director of the aspen institute, and it is my pleasure to curate four or five times a year, some of these washington roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. we want to thank you, michelle. the conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but not just with the arts, but art and society and how the arts intersect and how they can be productive and evermore interactive partners with all of the area

[applause] >> sunday, former british prime minister tony blair and howard buffett the brother of warrenrld hunger. that is at 6:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> john hinckley was the person who shot president reagan. reagan was not wearing a bullet-proof vest that day. hinckley was john stocking jimmy carter before this. feynman talksald about mary's assassination attempts and physical threats made against president and presidential candidates throughout american history. >> 16 presidents have faced assassination threat. i also cover three presidential candidates, i talk about you elong who would 1935 was assassinated in a talk about robert kennedy in 1968, and george wallace who was shot and in 1972. for life i cover candidates as well as presidents. it is a long list. sunday night, at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. today on c-span, washington journal is live next. then c-span's congressional freshman profiles continue with an interview with georgia representative eddie carter. --er that we talked to do new jersey were presented of. -- representative donald norcross. aning up in 30 mi

please thank howard buffett and emanuel. thank you. that was great. [applause] >> coming up in about 40 minutes senator james lankford will release a report on government waste, highlighting duplications in spending and burdensome regulations. live coverage on c-span at noon eastern. live at 1:00 on c-span3 that are the international energy agency will get a world energy outlook projection for 2040. the center for strategic and international studies hosts that event. >> tonight on "the communicators" author robbie bach joins us from new york to talk about his book xbox revisited. he worked for microsoft for 22 years including four years as president of its entertainment division and as chief xbox officer guiding its creation and development. he also discusses technology, tech competition and microsoft and the importance of civics in american life spirit civic engine is work to any of us can do and all of us should and must do to make our communities operate more efficiently and more effectively, to make our communities serve citizens in a better way.

howard: one of the many things that distinguish warren buffett is he knows what he knows and knows whatdoes not know. mark twain said, it is not what you do not know that kills you. david: there is one more must and has ammed al lori piece in bloomberg that takes to task square. my favorite must read is your letter. it, is what i took from which probably says i did not fully understand it. aboutn learn everything investing from yogi berra. here's a quote from howard's to put anotherd 50% into understanding human behavior. the market is made up of people and to beat it, you have to know them as well as the thing you are considering investing in." howard: yogi said it is 90% physical and 10% mental. the markets are made up of people and the opportunities to outperform come when assets are priced above and below their fair value which is usually the result of psychology, so you have to understand psychology. you have to understand the things that tom was talking about this morning with the tech ipos. you have to understand what is going on in the market, take the temperature of the market.