isaacson, no. mr. cortlandt, no. mr. heller, no. mr. scott, no. mr. cassidy, no. wyden,en, no -- mr. iowa's. mr. warner, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. it's a chairman, -- mr. chairman, no. nay's. 14 day -- >> clerk will call the role. >> mr. grassley, no. mr. crapo, no. mr. roberts, no. mr. enzi, no. mr. cornyn, no. mr. burr, no. mr. isaacson, no. mr. portman, no. mr. toomey, no. mr. heller, no. mr. scott, no. mr. cassidy, no. mr. wyden, aye. mr. abbott now, aye. mr. menendez, aye by proxy. mr. carper, aye. mr. brown, aye. -- mr.ennett, aye midst bennett, aye. ms. mccaskill, aye. the chairman votes no. >> the amendment was defeated. we will now recognize senator bennett for his number six code amendment. just his number sixth amendment. >> mr. chairman, if the majority's tax plan does everything -- >> let's have order. .> thank you, mr. chairman if the majority's tax plan does everything that you claim, my amendment will have no effect. for 40 years, the majority has claimed that tax cuts pay for themselves to economic growth. in 1981, ronald reagan signed major tax cu

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isaacson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toomey. no. mr. heller. no. mr. scott. no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. widen. aye. ms. stab na. aye. s in cantwell. aye. mr. menendez. >> aye by proxy. mr. carper. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. bennett. aye by proxy. mr. warner. aye by proxy. >> mrs. mccaskill. aye. mr. chairman. no. >> chairman votes no. >> clerk will report. >> 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> defeated. turn to casey, number 26. >> we heard earlier about the process that will likely unfold if this bill moves out of committee. that there will be a bill out of the finance committee and then of course the house is working on their bill. should the bill go to conference, this amendment requires an open hearing on any measure with the revenue budget impact -- revenue or budget impact of greater than $1 billion. i don't think that's asking too much for openness and transparency so that taxpayers know in this rushed process leading up to a vote on the finance committee, which i have argued and we've all on this side argued as moving too fast, this kind of drive by tax bill, instead of being subjected to the n

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have you already read walter isaacson's "leonardo da vinci"? >> we have been selling it by the bushel. i haven't read it because i can't keep it in stock to grab one for myself. every time i take one home i have to take it back for another customer. it is a phenomenon. struck a chord, is going to open up, and educational tool for so many people who don't know the story of leonardo. >> host: with walter isaacson, could you just walter isaacson has a new book, would it sell? >> guest: that is beginning to happen. so much come to admire him, very few writers like that. david mccullough is one. certainly walter isaacson is now developing a touch with his readership that he puts out there. >> we checked out the books and books bestsellers list prior to sitting down with you here. some of the books that are on their, walter isaacson's "leonardo da vinci," chris matthews's book on rfk is a bestseller. did you read what happened? >> you are embarrassing me but i did not. i didn't want to relive what happened personally. i felt i knew what happened. it

isaacson. >> no by proxy. >> mr. portman. >> no. >> mr. toomey. >> no. mr. heller. >> no by proxy. >> mr. scott. >> no. >> mr. cassidy. >> no by proxy. >> mr. wyden. >> aye. >> miss stab now. >> aye. >> miss cantwell. >> aye. >> mr. nelson. >> aye. >> mr. menendez. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. carper. >> aye. >> mr. carden. >> aye. >> mr. brown. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. bennett. >> aye. >> mr. casey. >> aye. >> mr. warner. >> aye. >> mrs. mccaskill. >> aye. >> mr. chairman. >> no. >> the chairman votes no. >> the clerk will read the vote. >> mr. chairman, the final tally is 12 ayes, 14 nays. >> the amendment is defeated. i think our next -- our next person to offer an amendment is senator carper. >> yeah, thanks, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, i want to call up amendment number 217. it's carper 1. and our co supports include bennett, stabenow and wyden. our colleagues have heard -- probably ad nauseam, whenever confronted with a tax reform proposal, i always ask four questions. is it fair, does it foster economic growth, does it simplify the tax code or make it more

walterlling biographer isaacson on leonardo da vinci. news's katey turner covering the truck campaign. campaign. smear tactics. a political commentator with his thoughts on the conservative movement. ones on partisan politics. and the president emeritus of feldman college on race relations in the united states. watch our live weekend coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on c-span2's book tv. house will finish floor debate on tax reform and vote on final passage of the bill. live coverage on c-span at 9:00 a.m. eastern is part of yes -- here is part of yesterday's bill on the debate beginning with a congressman, this is about one hour. >> look, you cannot have it both ways. i just heard it said. you cannot have it both ways. what i suspect will happen after i get done, as has been the case with every one of the speakers onthe side, the gentleman the other side will say that residents in my hometown will get a tax break of x, $1000. i would ask if he would add to that, the amount of the debt i

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walter isaacson on leonardo da vinci. and nbc news is katie uncovering the trump campaign. five coverage continues sunday at 10:30 a.m. on how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion. charles sykes offers his thoughts. van jones weighs in on partisan politics and beverly dan m tina looks at race relations in the united states. watch the weekend coverage this weekend book tv. >> so they walked into the room and was -- in the initials kkk right here in the chest and abraded across his birthday was the kook clocks clan. he had a semi automatic handgun and was followed by mr. kelly, the dark dragon. when he turned the corner and saw me he froze and mr. kelly bumped into his back but he stopped short. i know what they're thinking, either the desk clerk gave the wrong room number or this was an ambush. so i would like this to display my hands and i stood up and i said hi mr. kelly, my name is terrell davis. >> for the past 30 years he's befriended ku klux klan members to show them that they are wrong. >> max, bob corker and mark warner sit down with new york times to l

. >> senator isaacson just came in. >> no. >> mr. isaacson no. >> announce the results. >> mr. chairman, the final tally is 11 ayes, 14 nays. >> okay. now let me -- let me just restate what happened. there will be no extension of the amendment deadline. you all have your amendments filed. there are 60 blank ones. you can use them as long as they comply within the scope, which is the internal revenue code. and we can move on from there. but that's where we are. >> that wrapped up the second day of work by the finance committee on the republican tax reform plan. they'll return for day three tomorrow beginning live at 9:00 a.m. eastern. watch it here on c-span3. >>> earlier today, attorney general jeff sessions testified before the house judiciary committee. new york congressman jerrold nadler asked the attorney general about george papadopoulos and his proposed meeting with russia. here is part of what he had to say. >> we now know that, one, the

isaacson. no. mr. portman. no. mr. toomey. no. mr. heller. no. mr. scott. no. mr. cassidy. no. mr. widen. aye. ms. cantwell. aye. >> mr. nelson. aye. mr. carper. aye. mr. brown. aye. mr. casey. aye. chairman? no. >> chairman votes no. >> the amendment is defeated. next amendment? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i would ask scent to call card on amendment number 13 and asked -- thank you, mr. chairman. this amendment would step back the corporate rate reductions if the secretary of the treasury cannot sert fight thcertify thae for mental health substance and mental health coverage has not been diminished. the concern here to my colleagues is that we have the resources to deal with the opioid crisis that's affecting every community in our country. my concern is that if you look at the underlining bill, the cbo has scored it at and joint tax committee at 1.5 trillion addition to our national debt. my concern is we know the casualties from the opioid crisis. we know we need to have the resources in order to deal with it. we know that there's been an abuse of opioids in every community that

eastern, msnbc's chris matthews on the political life of bobby kennedy, best selling biographer isaacson on leonardo da vinci and khan on his immigration to the united states and katie tur covering the trump campaign. our live coverage continues sunday at 10:30 a.m. eastern with journalist cheryl attkisson how smear tactics are used to influence public opinion. commentator an his thoughts on the conservative movement. cnn's van jones weighs in on partisan politics and the president emer tas of spellman college looks at race relations in the united states. watch our weekend coverage this weekend on c-span2's book tv. this weekend, c-span's cities tour takes you to burlington, vermont. with the help of our comcast cable partners we'll explore the literary and history scene of burlington on the shores of lake chamblain. author bill players discusses their book "the full vermonty" in the age of trump. >> bill wanted to put out a book because vermont is, i think, voted hillary clinton in greater numbers than any other state. remember, it's a small state so it doesn't amount to that much. but

isaacson, no. mr. portman, no. no.n. cantwell mr. scot, mr. wyden, aye. ms. stabenow? aye. ms. cantwell, aye. mr. nelson? aye by proxy. this tremendou -- mr. menendez, aye proxy. mr. carted, aye. mr. brown, aye. >> the final tally is 12i's, 14 nay's. senator cardin: i'm bringing up my amendment number three. theamendment would improve saver's credit that is available letretirement savings trade me explains -- for retirement savings. let the reset -- the reason for this. challenge for individuals being able to contribute to retirement, particularly, lower taxme, is that the incentive, the deductible, the pre-tax aspects of it, for some, are just not enough. what is happening with this bill of course, with reducing rates, it even makes the tax advantages of contributions a little bit who putiting for those in money for retirement. if you put money on the table, that can be very helpful. on her own savings, the number of participants is pretty high. if you don't have an employer putting money on the table, it's puter to get people to money away for their retirement. the saver's cr

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. >> senator isaacson just came in. >> no. >> mr. isaacson no. >> announce the results. >> mr. chairman, the final tally is 11 ayes, 14 nays. >> let me just restate what happened. there will be no extension of the amendment deadline. you all have your amendments filed. there are 60 blank ones. you can use them as long as they comply within the scope, which is the internal revenue code. and we can move on from there. but that's where we are. >> mr. chairman? to your right? could i be recognized for a moment? >> yes, you can. senator cardin. >> i don't mean to be presumptivous on this, but i've chaired a committee and a bunch of subcommittees. and i would ask you to think of a -- mr. chairman? >> go ahead. >> i would ask you to think about something for just a minute. >> i'm listening. >> everybody on this committee, and most of the people in this room and that are watching this, know that in order for the exchanges to be successful, there have to be a good mix in the exchanges of healthy and younger people, as well as those who are older and maybe not so healthy. there is more t

i always have five or 10 books by wanted to do, walter isaacson. one of his books the innovators was so wonderful to and giving them the credit for the computers. he is wonderful i tried to read everything he has written's. >> host: it is good to hear

for more on this creative genius and the works which have been enjoyed by millions, mr isaacson joinsif the paintings is an afterthought for him. he wants to learn about everything. he sees the patterns of nature. when he turned that unnerving master of becoming 30 yea rs unnerving master of becoming 30 years old, he writes a job application to the duke of malang, and it is i! paragraphs long. the first ten paragraphs all about engineering, i can build great buildings and make weapons of war and divert rivers. 0nly buildings and make weapons of war and divert rivers. only in the 11th paragraph does he say you can paint as well as anyone. i think it enjoyed trying to do everything, and thatis enjoyed trying to do everything, and that is what made him the renaissance man. then he did also merge the two. i loved the story in the book about the process he went through to produce perhaps the most famous painting ever painted and the most famous smile ever painted, that of the mona lisa. when i looked at his notebooks, i realised he is curious about everything and wants to know every muscle

walter isaacson on leonardo da vinci. khan on his immigration to the united states. thekaty tur on covering trump campaign. live coverage continues sunday with cheryl atkinson unhealthier techs are used. charles a site offers his thoughts on the conservative movement. on's van jones weighs in partisan politics. and beverly daniel tatum looks at race relations in the united states. watch our live weekend coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on c-span2's book tv. this nighthawk walked into the room first and would bring military camouflage with the blood drop emblem right here and the initials kkk on his chest embroidered across his beret. knights of the ku klux klan. he had a semi automatic handgun in the holster. we came in and was followed right behind him of the grand dragon. when the nighthawk entered the room and turned the corner and saw me, he just throws. -- froze. mr. kelly bumps into his back because this guy is not sure. he stumbles and regains his balance. i knew what they were thinking. they were thinking either they were given the wrong room numb

johnny isaacson from georgia has indicated he wants to support this package.acated byjeff sessions is really important and right now it is too close to say who will come out on top in this bill? i thought it was interesting asking how many members might feel nervous and he mentioned the number 200 and he was notjoking. there is a widespread problem on capitol hill with this issue. we booked ron to come onto this programme to talk uniquely about tax reform. during the course of the morning we heard more people coming out with allegations against roy mover and we had the story about al franken. when this happens it derails the news agenda and that affects members and how they vote and the president's legislative capabilities. people might be saying why are you focusing ona might be saying why are you focusing on a senate race in alabama? why does it matter? it matters because this could undermine the president's legislative programme. if the numbers look dodgy for the president, alabama becomes important. the other thing is that people will think, hey, this look

walter isaacson on leonardo da vinci. khizr khan on the immigration to the united states and katie to her on covering the trump campaign. live coverage continues sunday with journalist sharon atkinson on house near tactics influence public opinion. -- some your tactics influence public opinion. van jones weighs in on partisan politics. watch our live weekend coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on book tv. >> in the third day reviewing the republican tax reform bill the senate time -- finance committee questions about the details of the tax bill and provisions that lower the corporate tax rate, increased the child tax credit, and illuminate the health insurance mandate. orrin hatch chairs the two-hour finance committee meeting. >> i will begin colleags

best-selling biographer walter isaacson on da vinci, caesar con and his immigration to the united states and nbc news on katie to uncovering the truck campaign. live coverage continues sunday, 10:30 a.m. eastern on how spear tactics are used to input is public opinion. charles sykes offers his thoughts on the conservative movement. van jones weighs in on partisan politics. collegeident of spelman looks at race relations in the united states. coverage lives we can of the miami book fair this weekend on c-span two book tv. >> as grants nighthawk walked into the room first, he was wearing military camouflage, fatigues with the blood drop in one right here. the initials kkk on his chest embroidered across his beret on his head were nights of the clue clucks clan. on his head he had a semi-automatic handgun. he came in and was followed right behind him by mr. kelly, the grand dragon, in a dark blue suit and tie. when the nighthawk entered and turned the corner and saw me he froze. mr. kelly box into his back because the guy stopped short. they stumbled and regained their balance, looking arou

demanded does ation approximately the same number zero balance after demanded television so demanded isaacson personally has done nothing on with respect to those you know but alan's accounts similarly we are talking about the monetisation was it necessary to point to the entire population and the economy through such terrible trauma when you could have actually tried to do something similar in a gradual fashion what stops you from saying we will get rid of high value notes over a period of six months go in and exchange them this drama was all done essentially to show all that we can actually prevent a lot of money from going back in the banking system there was so many restraints put on people trying to put the money back in the genuine people million effort to sleep out the criminals ok it didn't work many had looking at nationalists excuse me jumping in here do you think is nationalistic ideals have played well into the economy how would you judge that. well you know i think that some point. that you know we should recognize that this is an ethical and moral action and ethical and moral ac

best-selling nonfiction books according to the wall street journal continues with biographer walter isaacson's leonardo da vinci followed by bobby kennedy by msnbc host chris matthews. after that is capital gains, and then work from renovation expert and hgtv post chip gains and pulitzer prize-winning biographer ron turned out explores the life of president ulysses s and wrapping up our look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to the wall street journal is news host brian joe needs history of the war of 1812 battle of new orleans. in andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans. some of these authors have will be. on book tv. watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> .. will, good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the westport library my name is bill harmer i'm the executive director of the library and is thank you for coming out this morning. this evening. it you would, please take a moment to silence yourel

i always have five or 10 books by wanted to do, walter isaacson. one of his books the innovators was so wonderful to and giving them the credit for the computers. he is wonderful i tried to read everything he has written's. >> host: it is good to hear from you by the you spend half ofla the your interested have been made i am glad you called pergonal switching gears. the newest book is called bobby kennedy. you refer to him as a misfit? imagine growing up the younger brother of joe kennedy, jr. both six-footers confident in a diligent this little guy you call him arunta the irish kid that would not get the land and so i think what happened is to develop into the. then in with the was interested in those places. but he cared about the pow. and had to do the fact he was overlooked. >>. >> he had that tremendous affection for girl in blesses read though long way. isn't the irish catholic? in ben condemning him. in with the reagan airport. and then he drank themselves to death and was so distraught that he drove through the airport three times. and sai

we have colin's coming up with chris matthews and katie turner and you will hear from walter isaacson on leonardo da vinci a little bit later in the day. book tvs live coverage continues. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [indiscernible] [inaudible conversations] [indiscernible] [inaudible conversations] you are watching book tv on c-span two. the next event has not yet happened here. one nation after trump is the name of his book. even see him chatting with some folks know this is a 20th year the 20th year in a row that we have the after we hear this next author presentation we will hear from walter isaacson's. there can be in chapman hall. of ms nbc. the gold start father will also be speaking in the home. and chris matthews will both be doing call ins. we hope you do too. mitch kaplan. what is your reading. we want to hear from you. it's always been a lot of fun. that will be happening today. we have a full schedule today. we are back again tomorrow. van jones at cnn. the former president of spelman college. as well as mark boutin. they were due to close the festival

senator isaacson, we'll go to you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to address senator stabenow's comments a few minutes ago. she was on target on a couple things that got kind of cut off because the clock ran out. she has been a champion in working on the mortgage issue for a number of years since we had the crisis in '08. and the answers that you got were exactly correct, and that it is the percent provisions include both the first and second mortgage and the limitation combined is $1 million in debt. so you substantially maintain the mortgage interest deduction you have today in the future as far as this bill is concerned. you no longer will be able to deduct the interest on a home equity line of credit or a money market credit for a lot of reasons, because a lot of that has been abused for people who get mortgages beyond their ability to pay. so i think it's a good, responsible proposal. i also want to compliment you on the concept of a credit versus a deduction that you came up with and articulated early on in this debate. and that has a

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. >> i think senator isaacson wants to speak with this. >> i was proud of where the 14 people were honored in the building last week leading up to veterans day. as chairman of the veterans committee we pass seven of the bills to bring veterans health care and choice bill to full fruition. the remaining bill will be marked up 29th of november when we fully fund choice so the private-sector multiplier is a part of the system. i appreciate the credit to the veterans and i share the comments and compliments. the veterans committee is doing is see that every veteran gets the benefits they were promised when they signed up. everyone in this room has been a part of that effort. i want the committee to continue to take care of our veterans. i would object to the amendment on those grounds. >> 30 seconds to respond? >> i give you 30 seconds. >> i'm not familiar with the legislation you describe. we are also considering legislation that affect what's going on in the exchanges. many veterans get their healthcare in the exchanges. i'm asking for a statement that makes it clear we don't want to let any

richard isaacson is determined to find that. he runs the first alzheimer's prevention clinic.so most people think they should worry big misconception. >> it's a younger person's disease. it starts in the brain 20 to 30 years before the symptom of memory loss. and that's shocking to some people. when it comes to women, there are biological changes, metabolism changes in the brain that happen decades before. >> reporter: this month, he's launching a new, potentially revolutionary study. monitoring 75 women, ages 40 to 65 who are at risk for alzheimer's. trying to pinpoint those early changes in their bodies that may lead to the disease. >> for example, the menopause transition, could that be a trigger? >> reporter: so much controversy for women around being pre-menopause sal, then they wonder, should i take hormones? is that good for my brain or bad for my body if i take who monos i'm going to get cancer, but maybe i'm protecting my brain. >> there's not a one size fits all approach here. certain women m women may not benefit, and these are the things we need to figure out much

read a bookoing to , walterrdo da vinci isaacson's book, which is wonderful, it doesn't matter to youer you read it on the screen, in a book, which is a handsome object, but the main thing is that you read it. the number of people who will read a book is not, i think, smaller than it ever was before. they are reading in a different way now, and they will read in different ways in the future. charlie: the same way you read your newspaper. guest: there was a time the book was thought to be a revolutionary object, and people said it is not nearly as nice as a scroll or as pretty as opening parchment. the book was seen as an ugly technological change the disassociated you from the pleasure of reading a scroll. now the book is becoming a rather outmoded object, although we are still fond of it. now, don'tions from you think the people who invented the apple phone will invent something that you take out of your pocket like a handkerchief and said it wherever you want, and read whatever you want, and the whole contents of the world's libraries will be contained. charlie: a glorious day. gues

walter isaacson on leonardo da vinci. on histar father immigration to the united states. ur on troubling the truck -- covering the trump campaign. charles sykes on the conservative movement. cnn's ben jones weighs in on partisan politics. tatum looks at race relations in united states. watch our live weekend coverage of the miami book fair this weekend on c-span2's book tv. he was wearing a military with the blood drop and look right here and the initials kkk on his chest. hip, he had a semi-automatic handgun and a holster. kelly.followed by mr. when the nighthawk entered the room and saw me, he just froze. mr. kelly bumped into his back. they stumbled and regained their balance and looked all around the room. i knew what they were thinking. the desk clerk gave them the wrong room number or this is a setup. i would like this to display my hands. i approached him and said my name is darrell davis, come on in. >> there'll davis has befriended ku klux klan members to understand their hatred and convince them that they are wrong, . >> this weekend on american history tv on c-

isaacson, aye. mr. toomey, aye. wyden, n ms.o. o. mr. nelson, no. .r. menendez >> no by proxy. >> no by proxy. mr. brown, no. mr. bennett, no. mr. warner, no. mrs. mccaskill, no. the chairman votes aye. ayes, 12 nays. reported.dment is if we could have order? consent that i ask staff be granted the usual authority to make technical, and budgetary changes to the mark, including those that might be necessary to ensure it complies with the committee's reconciliation instruction. >> mr. chairman, reserving the right to object. >> go ahead. mr. chairman, i understand that in the committee to agree by unanimous consent to give the staff the authority to make technical, conforming, and budgetary changes, that is customary, and i accept that. there hasn't been a whole lot customary about the markup. i am perfectly comfortable giving the staff the authority to make technical, informing changes, but i want to make sure the staff isn't being given the authority to make budgetary changes. to my mind, that might allow changes such as to ensure the bill comply with r

the areas where the congress spend most successful for legislation that affect veterans, chairman isaacson and many here have led the way on that. the first bill that we passed was the higher that the act, secretary acosta, department of labor are going to be coming out real soon with a criteria for employers, all employers like to talk about hiring beth and this will give it away to recognize what employers do to hire vets, to promote that and to recognize the skills that veterans learn while they are serving. we had another piece of legislation that made it more safe to be a whistleblower and at the same time it made it possible for the veterans administration to fire people who are doing their job. more education benefits, facility and in that they built we recognized the lifelong struggle that people have had like our love hartwell in st. louis who was part of a mustard gas experiment in world war ii. it took a long time for him to get his health concerns recognized because of that and there is some recognition and competition, not previously there. the claims process has been improved

we have congressman isaacson of georgia. to think they can do this by christmas? >> absolute.as in my private life, i know that you do not have deals before you have differences. and you will find a way that you will agree on. so this is showing that we are getting closer every day i think it will be fun for christmas. >> it is designed to middle-class tax cuts but some are saying it will raise taxes for some. >> is all about math. take a certain production that was preserved and somebody might not get as big of a couple one as some one else. -- 25 percent. it will provide more jobs, more opportunity, more jobs in america. >> some critics are saying to some things. the detection of extreme medical deductions.that will be wiped out. some people could potentially be hurt for that. >> they could but in one version it has been there and when vision does not. we will have to come in two common good on that here. >> what you think will happen? >> i think some of it will probably be preserved. in many cases, not all, but many cases in the end the solutions between cutting it in half.

some of the authors you will hear from our walter isaacson, chris matthews, katy tur, salman rushdieand van jones. the full schedule is on our website, booktv.org and for videos and photos follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram at booktv. now, as always, we are on the campus of miami-dade college downtown. stop by if you're in the area and pick up the book bag. you may have heard senator out frank and would be at the festival. that was true until yesterday when he canceled. it is time for the festival to begin. chris matthews his first with his new rfk bio. booktv is live at the miami book fair. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

featuring editor alfred, best-selling biographer walter isaacson, nbc katie turner and many other authors. for more information about upcoming book fairs and festivals, and to watch previous festival coverage. the book fairs have on our website, tv.org. >>. >> so i watched them, i watched all of this happening in the house where there were ghosts from when somebody in the family died, there goes with rattle chains up and down. this is a great big huge white and develop southern mansion with a plantation house and goes with dragon chains up and down the hallway of the second floor and everybody would cower. then you go upstairs and leave scratches on the floor. and my aunt ruth had a heart condition. she had a dream one night about her mother and her mother came and said don't worry,you're going to be fine. she said , to her mother, how will i know ? you're telling me the truth. her mother said i'll leave something as evidence. and she got up and the next morning went into the parlor and there was her and was mother's shawl that she had been buried in. this is all family lord. but there we

what are you hearing from the top two members of the ethics committee, senator johnny isaacson and democratichris kuhns? >> the investigations are opaque, there's not a lot of insight into what they're doing. it's a way to democraticize the allegations. particularly when the senator has basically admitted guilt. there's photographic evidence of the incident. if no other women come forward, there's no reason to even perform an ethics investigation, that's the sentiment a lot of people have. >> we have to leave it there. thank you all. coming up an influential player in trump's inner circle about to be interviewed by the special counsel. is hope hicks the key to all things russia? with most airline credit cards, you only earn double miles when you buy stuff from that airline. is this where you typically shop? is this where anyone typically shops? it's time to switch to the capital one venture card. with venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day... not just airline purchases. seriously... double miles... everywhere! what's in your wallet? alright, i brough

. >> your time is up, i think senator isaacson once to this. >> we recognize our veterans and i'm proud to be one of the 14 people honored at the caucus in the rust building last week. leading up toveterans day. as chairman of the veterans committee we have during the course of this year , seven of the eight bills to reform and bring veterans healthcare in the choice bill in the united states senate and united states house. the remaining bill would be marked up on 29 november when we fully fund choice and eligibility so the private-sector multiplier would be part of the veterans just like the va is assisting them now. i appreciate the credit to the veterans and i share the comments and the compliments that senator carver has made but the veterans, what they are doing, they would see to it that every veteran gets the benefits they were offered through healthcare that they were promised when they sign up and everybody in this room has been a part of that effort and this year i want, one of the veterans committee to do what it has done and that's take care of our veterans, bring them forwa

next is best-selling biographer walter isaacson leonardo da vinci followed by john braddock's advice of organizing your thought process and a spies guide to thinking. after that he is playing with fire. lawrence o'donnell's accounts the 1968 presidential election. wrapping up the best-selling nonfiction books according to amazon, neil bascom recalls the nazis raised to build a nuclear bomb in the allies efforts to destroy their planned nuclear facility. in the winter fortress. some of these authors have or will be appearing on booktv. you can watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> one thing i really boring to understand the aspects of your behavior. your brain tells your spine, toes your muscles to do something and you have behaved. was incredibly complicated is understanding the meaning of the behavior. because in one setting, firing a gun is some appalling act and in another it is an act of heroic self-sacrifice. in one setting putting her hand on top of someone else's is deeply compassionate and another it is a deep betrayal. the challenge for us is to understand the biology of

senator isaacson gave a wonderful speech about this being a once in a generation opportunity to reformax code in a way to actually keep the promises that we have made to lower rates, to have a simpler, fairer tax system. we went through all of this. they have the investments in america, to keep jobs in america. stop sending jobs overseas. as a result of these, this will have a strong and healthy economy. the president talked about that. then talked about the importance once we do this, of then moving on to the kind of healthcare reform, welfare reform, things we can do with infrastructure as well. remember, a big part of this tax relief bill is also the relief from the individual mandate of the healthcare law that says people have to buy a government approved product. >> dana: what is the process, if you can walk us through? committee vote is happening maybe as we speak right now. possibly a house senate floor vote tomorrow. then the house and senate get together to try to get this done before christmas? >> that is absolutely the timeline. we are planning to have the vote on the floor

. >> isaacson. >> mr. chairman, i would be able to let senator scott replace me in the order and then i will replace him later on. >> okay. >> senator scott. >> thank you mr. chairman. ms. akuna, i have a question for you. i'm happy that we are having a conversation about what the definition of a tax cut is for the middle class. from my perspective, the importance of this question cannot be overemphasized because everyone that i talked to in south carolina are not -- they are not concerned about someone else's taxes. they want to know how this tax reform conversation impacts them where they live. we can make jokes about other people's taxes and get a lot of press over that. but for the hard working families in south carolina, one of the important questions we should answer is why do we want to continue an individual mandate that is a tax and using that tax to punish, punish hard working folks who live paycheck to paycheck? i don't have an answer. the question i have is what does it mean to deliver real tax

best-selling nonfiction books according to the wall street journal continues with biographer walter isaacson's leonardo da vinci followed by bobby kennedy by msnbc host chris matthews. after that is capital gains, and then work from renovation expert and hgtv post chip gains and pulitzer prize-winning biographer ron turned out explores the life of president ulysses s and wrapping up our look at the best-selling nonfiction books according to the wall street journal is news host brian joe needs history of the war of 1812 battle of new orleans. in andrew jackson and the miracle of new orleans. some of these authors have will be. on book tv. watch them on our website, booktv.org. >> .. will, good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the westport library my name is bill harmer i'm the executive director of the library and is thank you for coming out this morning. this evening. it you would, please take a moment to silence your cell phones while i tell p you something about tonight program. we have our partner the westport historical society. it is my pleasure to introduce tonight author tom