ryan jacobsen and thousands of other farmers fear for their livelihoods. >> we're in year three of a drought that we don't know how long is going to last. there are farmers that probably will go under this year, that will no longer be in business. and based off of how long this lasts, there are farmers that cannot go through this for very many years in a row before they're gonna have to go under. >> the large neighbouring farm, which belongs to the stamoules produce company, isn't ready to go under yet. it employs 300 staffers and several thousand seasonal workers. but the extreme drought has left its mark here, two-hour's drive from san francisco. >> as you can see over here there's a big piece of land, about 650 acres. it's fallow, it's empty, because there's simply not enough water to farm. >> the farm's 43-year-old manager is under no illusions. the drought will cost the company a lot of money. a quarter of the land can't be farmed. >> it means that the company's probably gonna have to suffer. loss of money, loss of revenue, loss of profit, and we're just barely surviving as it i

. >> ain'tie jacobsen is next on booktv. recounting the u.s. government's clandestine program to employ german scientists following world war ii. the program, dubbed "operation paperclip" brought several scientists to the united states despites the fact many were accused of war crimes. this is a little under an hour. >> thank you so much. good evening everybody. i am ain'tie jacobsen. i want to thank book passage for having me. thank you all so much for coming. there's nothing that makes this author happier than meeting readers, so thank you. tonight i'm going to be talking about operation paper clip and i'm going to tell you about what the program was. i'm going to tell you a little bit about how i became interested in writing and researching and reporting pacing paper clip, and then i'm going to end by telling you some very -- what think are interesting ways in which the story gets reported. to start with, my book, these gentlemen are 21 of approximately 1600 german scientists who came to america to work for the u.s. military and intelligence

haberdashery in kansas city and he added partner by the name of betty jacobsen and betty jacobs and was a jewish gentleman that he was a staunch zionist. i was wondering in your research did you find eddie jacobsen that close to truman, business partners here in kansas city did eddie jacobsen pushed truman do you think more than anybody toward going with israel or getting behind israel? .. and he had magical powers as a diplomat. it was the chinese revolution. he could get in the door of prime ministers, and he had a lot of influence at the key moments. he got in the door to some extent because of eddie jacobs said. he would come and say you've got to see him and that would seal the bar. [applause] >> if you would like your copy of genesis, we are sending it in the hall and he would be happy to sign your copy. thank you. [applause] booktv is on facebook. like us to interact with guests and viewers, watch video and get up-to-date information. facebook.com/booktv. >>> stephen talks about the life and lasting impact of dale carnegie author of how to win friends and influence people and a n

at 9 p.m., annie jacobsen details operation paper clip. and at 10 p.m., "afte

jacobsen for example there was another person who was part of the lackawanna community in new york and no one has ever reported to this person is although there's a good look on the case. the persons suspected in watching some of the many men who had come back in mid-2001 from overseas she felt that they were up to some bad things and she wrote and somewhat troubled english to authorities and said they have to look into this half dozen young men who had come back because this person who wrote roads seem to feel that those men were a threat to the community. he or she was absolutely right and the authorities did look into it. those people have not only been abroad to southeast asia most of them were in the camp run by afghanis and osama bin laden and they were there for trade. i found another category besides these persons who act privately and quietly and another sort of group that we have among us is those that we have tremendous physical courage and may not be looking for trouble but seem to show the right attitude and response when the alarm bell sounds. if we think back to 9/11 it

i am annie jacobsen. i want to thank book passage for having me. of it's really delightful to be here, and thank you all so much for coming. there's nothing that makes this author happier than meeting readers, so thank you. tonight i'm going to be talking about "operation paperclip," and i'm going to tell you a little bit about what the program was, a little bit about how i became interested in writing and researching and reporting "operation paperclip," and then i'm going end by telling you some very what i think are interesting ways in which the story gets reported. so to start with, my book, "operation paperclip," these gentlemen are 31 of approximately --21 of approximately 1600 german scientists who came to america to work for the u.s. military and intelligence agencies after the war. i focus on these men because i found them to be particularly unique and interesting and somewhat nefarious on varying degrees. and i think it's important to also realize that whenever you're reporting a story like this, it's about riding on the heels of many impo

i was wondering in your research did you find eddie jacobsen that close to truman, business partnerse in kansas city did eddie jacobsen pushed truman do you think more than anybody toward going with israel or getting behind israel? ..

. >> ain'tie jacobsen is next on booktv. recounting the u.s. government's clandestine program to employ german scientists following world war ii. the program, dubbed "operation paperclip" brought several scientists to the united states despites the fact many were accused of war crimes. this is a little under an hour. >> thank you so much. good evening everybody. i am ain'tie jacobsen. i want to thank book passage for having me. thank you all so much for coming. there's nothing that makes this author happier than meeting readers, so thank you. tonight i'm going to be

i am at annie jacobsen. thank you for having me book passage and there is nothing that makes this author happier. tonight i will talk about operation paper clip in till you what the program was and about how i became interested in writing and researching and reporting "operation paperclip" then i will end by telling you interesting ways the story is reported. to start, my book "operation paperclip" komen these gentlemen are 21 of 1600 german scientist who came to america from arms the intelligence agencies. i found them to find it nefarious. it is important to realize whenever you are reporting a story like this like riding on the heels of the important journalists and historians who have come before. academics also have been involved to on earth this story but there is a light cast on "operation paperclip" that had not been shown before. this story began when i was reporting on area 51. over these knots the aircraft designers. they were working on this aircraft that looks like the b-2 bomber. said you can s

annie jacobsen joins us. they were sought out by the military as the war was coming to an end. >> these were hitler's top weaponmakers and operation paperclip became a military program to bring them to the united states and also had a public face. there was on the one hand the truth about the program kept secret and the other hand the idea that we'll tell the public that these are the good germans. >> brown: but they were dedicated nazis, the ones you write about. there were 1,600 in all. >> yes. >> brown: you document about 21, dedicated nazis, some involved in horrific stuff. what they did was known to the americans seeking them out? >> certainly to the american military intelligence officers interviewing them. the idea that they winnervolved in war crimes -- were involved in war crimes were necessary to be kept secret and that's what happened. in the book i think i unveil a lot of the truth about the program that's remained clouded for decades. >> brown: give us an example of a figure that intrigued you. >

we are waiting for judge jacobsen's decision. we ought to wait for that decision. we ought to look at the documents. we're still going through thousands of pages of documents. this report draws a lot of conclusions and speculation. there's no foot notes to testimony that was taken or interviews that were taken. this report really rushes a judgment that's too early to make. >> okay. mr. assemblyman, thanks so much for joining us. randy master joins us now. you heard mr. wisnieski said it's a rush to judgment. >> we looked at 2,000 pages of documents and interviewed 70 witnesses, and as he admitted, we haven't seen a shred of evidence that the governor knew anything about this lane realignment decision beforehand. if it were there in the hard evidence, we would have seen it. they have the documents responsive to our subpoena relating to the george washington bridge incident. they have the same information we have. and he and his committee have been at this for five months. >> how do you respond to the charge of conflict of interest. your own law firm was also working

at 9 p.m., annie jacobsen details operation paper clip. and at 10 p.m., "after words" with gabriel sherman, author of "the loudest voice this the room." and we wrap up at 11 p.m. eastern with christopher harmon and a citizen's guide to terrorism and counterterrorism. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> robert field talks about the long history of government involvement in the health care system. four key sectors -- pharmaceuticals, hospitals, the medical profession and private insurance -- were built up by the federal government, and he argues that this history must be understood before the possibilities of meaningful reform can be realized. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, dan. my book, which was released in november, has a title with a slight sense of irony. "free market" is this in goat quotes, and i talk about how the free market which we think of as the quintessential op is sit of the government was temperature -- opposite of the government was actually created by the government. this is clearly a pushback

energy is a powering one hundred percent of the planet and we now for more on that is dr mark zaid jacobsenprofessor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the atmosphere and energy program at stanford university dr jacobson welcome. thank you very much for having me thanks for joining us the science is in carbon releases are leading to a warming of the planet causing climate change what's our best strategy moving forward to keep that carbon in the ground. well i think we need to start transitioning rapidly to a state of clean and renewable energy for all purposes that's electricity transportation heating and cooling industrial processes so this means that even starting now but at least by two thousand and twenty we every new source of electricity every new transportation should be clean so when we think clean is the wind water and solar power so for electricity it's a wind turbines solar photovoltaic switch going rooftops or in power plants concentrated solar plants some even titled wave offshore which is really minor at this point even thermal power some hydro electricity