you for being here.it we are pleased to have with us stories i tell myself growing up with hunter s. thompson which he shares the story of his father, large,larger-than-life literarye and relationship that they got to know over the course of 41 years. the conversation tonight with best-selling author douglas brinkley franklin d. roosevelt and the land of america is on our shelve shoulders now. ladies and gentlemen please join us. [applause] we want to welcome our longtime friend, and robert thompson, where is he, is he here right now? he has family here in town. i am here because i edited thets letters on the proud highway and fear and loathing in america, rolling stones cover story about him when he died and, you know,d constantly trying to promote him as one of the great american humorist and novelists. so we are going to get to talk to hunter about some of his books. but i want to begin by asking you a letter that you suggested. would you like to get us going? >> sure. i would add that you were also a very good friend for many years. what i like to do is read the wh preface of what i was t

on book tv prime time memoirs starting at 8:00 p.m., stories i tell myself growing up with hunter s. thompson. at 9:00 p.m. kelly, a home companion growing up with georgia. then at 10:15 p.m. stacey dash, there goes my social life from clueless to conservative. at 10:50 p.m. diane guerrero and the country i love. all of this tonight on book tv prime time on c-span2. >> a signature feature of book tv is a cover of book fairs and festivals featuring nonnext -- nonfiction authors. panel featured discussion on civil rights, education policy, mississippi state history and the 2016 presidential election. notable authors include john meachum. and former senate majority leader trent discussing book on political polarization, crisis point. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> our c-span campaign 2016 bus is in chicago this week at the national conference of state legislatures asking what issue is more important to you, your district, and your state. >> probably the most important thing issue is education by far. all of the things that were top of the bad list and bottom of the good l

hinkle championed the work of hunter s thompson and introduced the style known as gonzo journalism.easily recognized, he wore an eye patch and often had his basset hound at his side. hinkle died at a hospital in san francisco. complications from pneumonia, he was 77. >>> volkswagen agreed to a tentative deal today to compensate 650 u.s. dealers for losses they suffered in the emissions cheating scandal. the company announced the agreement after a hearing in san francisco but it did not disclose the dollar value. sources told reuters it would be more than $1.2 billion. vw reached an agreement with car owners, the carmaker said it was spend up to $10 billion in that deal to buy or repair cars that those emission cheating devices had. >>> many students back at school, summer is certainly winding down but not the list of outdoor activities around the bay area. here is ktvu's rosemary orozco with the weekend watch. >> reporter: the weekend is near and here we go. in san francisco celebrate indonesia date the annual event showcases indonesian art, dance, music and a day full of indonesian

thompsonuthor juan talks about living with his father, hunter s thompson, in his book "stories i tellmyself." juan: he was born in 1936, so when he was growing up, he did not grow up in an era when fathers were typically heavily involved with raising their kids, so that was part of it. second, writing was always -- that was the most important thing. family was secondary for sure. ofalso this weekend as part our c-span cities tour, some history of denver, colorado on american history tv. cindy stouter, national fish and ranger, on transitioning into a national wildlife refuge. that use do have elk this area. they use the drainages for calving. coyotes are other common mammals. occasionally, there is a bear in this area. phillips,n kimberly author of the book "-- kimberly field, author of the book mint." denver it wanted to become the queen city of the planes, the center of commerce, the leader in the western united states, and the city fathers at that point decided that a mint they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. ofthe c-span cities tour denver, colorado, saturd

this is hinckle speaking about editing hunter s. thompson's famous article about his trip to the kentucky derby. >> it did not make much sense at all. just kind of bundle it all of and took a walk up the street around the corner to ask. it wasn't a crowded night. i sat in a booth and spent a couple of hours reading this thing. it was episodic. like, oh, dear, it was sort of like trying to assemble a very big complex crossword puzzle without having the picture on the box. amy: warren hinckle died on thursday at the age of 77 from complications of pneumonia. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. juan: and i'm juan gonzalez. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. an explosion at a police station in turkey near the border with syria has killed at least 11 people and wounded 70. state-run media is reporting that kurdish militants were responsible for the attack, but there has been no claim of responsibility. this co

. >> and the author talks about living with his father hunter s thompson and stories i tell myself. >e was born in 1936. eraid not grow up in an they were heavily involved in raising the kids. second, it was the most important thing. >> the history of denver colorado on american history tv. national fish and wildlife service ranger. have elk that uses this area. they use the drainages for capping. there may be some fonts. in itself had gotten rich from mining. it became the queen city of the claims. the center of commerce. the leader in the western united states. that a meant they could be proud of was going to be part of that process. >> the c-span cities tour, saturday at noon eastern on tv.an two possible and sunday on american history tv on c-span. visiting cities across the country. >> a discussion on the security of the nations voting system in the wake of reports of possible hacking into voter databases into states. from today's washington journal, this runs about 45 minutes and we will show you as much as we can until the program on free speech on college campuses begins now s

on book tv prime time memoirs starting at 8:00 p.m., stories i tell myself growing up with hunter s. thompsonen at 10:15 p.m. stacey dash, there goes my social life from clueless to conservative. at 10:50 p.m. diane guerrero and the country i love. all of this tonight on book tv prime time on c-span2. >> a signature feature of book tv is a cover of book fairs and festivfe

thompson living with his father, hunter s thompson. >> he was born in 1936.n he was growing up, he did not grow up in an era where fathers were typically heavily involved with raising the kids. that was part of it. second, writing was always the most important thing. family was secondary. >> this weekend, as part of our cities tour, some history of denver, colorado. nuclear siteflats transition to a wildlife center. >> elk use this area. we also have dear. there may be some bonds out here. coyotes are common. occasionally there is a bear in this area. >> kimberly field, author of the book "the denver mint." she talks about how to make change the city. >> by the 1880's, denver had gotten rich from mining. it wanted to become the queen city of the planes, the center of commerce, the leader of the western united states. city founders at that point decided that a man they can be -- mint they could be proud of would be part of that process. f denver,span2 o colorado. working with our cable affiliates and visiting cities across the country. >> "washington journal"