as if this book is telling me what happened that awful year. i search for jamesacy's name and find it gone along with the other tenant and it is town lands as well. [applause] >> i think on that note i will read a poem, which is my book among other things my quest to discover the family's connection or my connection to that history. and what happens there is the pursuit and the logical seeking after those signs. those material signs baptismal records and there is happenstance. that's what happened to me once when i went to ireland i staid at a b and b. there are a zillion every other house is a b and b. i hit on the one b and beshgs where the owner said, your last name is to bein i know where all the to beins came to ireland. i said, i'm all ears. this poem goes into that and the last part is a translation from an irish song, the ring. >> i followed the winding coast road back from cove airny moore and her brother cast in branz at the center entrance head of a line at elis island looking as though they a choired dreksz in their own country. dim passage through am

angeles, i am tavis smiley, we have first bill james, the man known for his baseball abstract has turned to the attention of the subject of crime, in the new book called "popular crime." and we have deejay and social activists moby is here, with his new release. thank you for joining us now. >> all i know is he is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i am james. >> yes. >> for everyone making a difference, you make us all look better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley and work to remove obstacles of economic empowerment, one piece at a time. >> and from contributions from your pbs station, from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: bill james is a noted baseball writer that started his baseball abstract in 1987, and he's working for the red sox that has turned to a different text, "popular crime," for a celebration, and he joins us from kansas city, an honor. >> thank you. tavis: when you say celebration, what do you mean. >> we pick up stories and make popular entertainment out them. television is full of it. full of fictional and real violence that has turned into entertainment. it's an interesting phenomena and i trie

and have some potential to be a writer, after reading your vanderbilt book as well as your jesse james book, but especially, i think, the vanderbilt book, i have to now go into therapy. [laughter] it is just, just beautifully written. never could i imagine that so many deals could be made so exciting and so fascinating. and i love your organizing principle. how did you decide on using the contest over vanderbilt will when he died as the sort of on trade and then sort of talking point all the way through the book. i thought it was very cinematic and it worked well. >> before i answer the question i really want to thank everybody for being here. i also want to say hi to my 3-year-old son and dylan if my wife has had in front of the tv. you can go back to playing with action figures now. i also want to say briefly to everybody that this is a spectacular festival. after some of the recent events the nation should be reminded that when they think of the name tucson this is the thing that they should think of. one of the best book festivals in our country. [applause] a real civic spirit and a rea

my grandfather had 2 books on his shelf. one was king james version of the bible, the other was bull finch's mythology. it was that thick and on the mantle. i can see it as clearly as i am looking at them now. keu remember looking at the pictures and beginning to pick through some of the stories. and i learned to love those stories and if you read my books as a collection, and some people have, you will see that those 2 books inform most of my writings in subtle ways, not overt, in subtle ways you can see those books and the influence that they have on my writing. daddy james would tell store reus about little girls named sara and pat and little boy named nollin and one he told in particular was one of my favorites. the 3 kids had a chore for the grandmother. take a basket of eggs to a neighbor's house. along the way they were confronted by a wolf, bear, snake, and fox. is they tricked that fox, and the bear and got them to the woods. it is a long, long summer and i don't have a contract, i said, maybe i'll try to write something, never writte

. >> from the second annual gaithersburg book festival here in gaithersburg, maryland, james ivory presents his book, "arab voices

author and "boston globe" columnist james carroll, a former priest, has a new book out called "jerusalem, jerusalem," with stories that jews, christians and muslims -- all three -- may find surprising. we talked with carroll at the historic synagogue at 6th and i streets in washington. >> jerusalem in the ancient world was a cockpit of violence. it was the place where all the warring armies of the empires intersected. beginning with that first experience of exile in babylon, jews came into a new awareness of who they were and who their god was by looking back at jerusalem, and they claim their identity by refusing to forget it. augustine was arguing for the survival of jews as jews in christendom who would witness to the truth of christian claims by their degradation, and that's en the source of tremendous anti-jewish and ultimately anti-semitic behavior, contempt, and one of the most powerful forms of the degradation was the jews are to be permanently in exile from jerusalem, from the jewish home. it's so important to emphasize that the islamic arrival in jerusalem was nonviolent and re

book of all times. how the english translation of the king james bible cost one man his life. welcome everyone to "christian world news" i am wendy griffith. george thomas is on vacation. prayer warriors are turning to god to heal their land. they gathered to take part in the 60th annual national day of prayer. nags's capitol was center stage. paul strand was there and has the story. >> people from all around the nation gathered on their knees for this event asking for god's mercy and blessing for america. >> some people talk a lot about prayer. we do the praying on the national day of prayer. this is the most important day in our national life. nothing compares to this day. >> long time day of prayer chairman shirley dobson called out that they are calling upon their countrymen since 1775. >> this has been our heritage, our tradition. >> get to your knees for a time of -- it is a mandate across the scriptures. >> every word of god cries out for his people to repent. >> not all americans believe it is proper for government to call for prayer. amanda says it violates separation

and my experience, i think, and in james carroll's book, he talks also about the power of going to jerusalem and what it feels like and how shattering it can be, how changing it can be, how profound it can be even for people who don't have any sense of identity as a faithful or religious person. so my question to the panel, and i'm just going to ask you to go one by one, is describe the first time you saw jerusalem, and how does that vision live with you as an american, as a citizen of the worldas a person of faith? because the other wonderful thing about jim's book is that it talks both about jerusalem as a place, an actual physical, real place that exists in the world in time, now, and also as a series of hopes and dreams and conflicts and paradoxes that exist in our minds simultaneously. so, imam faisal, do you want to start? >> you're going to start with the oldest religion first. [laughter] well, i first went to jerusalem in 1978. my late father who was a close friend of jim morton was invited by the ashton institute to do a seminar which they had been conducting there every year, every

. >> from the second annual gaithersburg book festival here in gaithersburg, maryland, james ivory presents his book, "arab voices." >> good afternoon. welcome to the second annual gaithersburg book festival on such a beautiful day here in old town. is going to make the mayoral standard joke and say staff did a great job that i will not do that. my name is matt hopkins and i'm a planning architect. we are a trained city, so -- we are happy to have our trains coming through the middle of it. i also consider myself an expert, armchair political pundits so i'm truly excited to introduce our speaker. let me get right to our guess. gaithersburg proudly supports the arts and culture and we are pleased to bring it this event free of charge thanks to the support of our generous sponsors. couple of quick announcements for the consideration of our speaker and the guess around it, please silence any and all devices to make any noise whatsoever. we welcome c-span's booktv tonight and their viewers across the country. there is time during the presentation for audience questions. please make sure to use

tavis: is a book that a lot of people are talking about by james b. stewart, called " tangled webs." i enjoyed the book. good to have yana. up next, grammy-winning musician steve earle, plus a musical performance. stay with us. always pleased to welcome steve earle to this program. he is out with a new project "called on never get out of this world alive." a book by the same title is available. good to have you back on this program. how is that little baby? >> he turned it won about three weeks ago -- he turned one about three weeks ago. this was last november here in l.a. when we were making the record. tavis: i wonder if he even has a choice. his daddy is an artist, his mother is an artist. what choice does he really have? >> he got a ukuleles for his birthday and he has a guitar and piano. my friend has a guitar shop and he says people are always complaining about what instrument their musical kid can play. tavis: i thought about that old joke, the chicken and the egg, which won came first? >> as far as the title goes, i have been working on the boo

book. jesse james is now engaged to the prominent tattoo artist kat von d.es in l.a., he lives in austin, texas. vicki mabrey of abc asked him point blank if he was going to repeat the same mistake he made last tile around. >> he says he and kat plan to marry this summer. are you going to be faithful? >> no. >> do you think you can? >> no? >> no. >> no. >> jimmy: i find his honesty refreshing. i do. [ applause ] in happier couple news, mariah carey and nick cannon gave birth to twins on saturday. she give birth, he stood there. boy and a girl. in case anyone at the hospital isn't sure, the cannon twins are the ones crying seven okay taifs above all the other babies. yesterday mariah announced on twitter that both the babies names would start with the letter m and i, of course, was hoping for mosrk and mindy. they revealed the names this morning. their daughter is named monroe and their son is named moroccan. cannon. monroe and moroccan cannon. moroccan cannon sounds like a weapon the terrorists would use against us. [ applause ] fortunately, for moroccan he

the story of "too big to fail" with james wood and author andrew ross sorkin >>> the movie "too big to fail" is based on a best-selling book and premiers on hbo on may 23rd. andrew ross sorkin was a columnist for the "new york times", and james wood plays the chairman and ceo of lehman brothers who has filed for chapter 11 in september 2008. they both join me now. andrew, let's start with you. you wrote this book. it's a brilliant title, because it kind of perfectly encapsulates the mindset of all these guys, doesn't it, on wall street? they simply never imaged that any of them could fail in the way that lehman brothers failed. >> you could call it failure of imagination. the title -- my editor hated the title when we first started the book. i always thought about not the institutions themselves, but people who in their own way thought they were too big to fail, and couldn't accept the reality of sort of what was happening to them. >> you are from a business, which is not dissimilar, i would argue, to wall street. lots of big egos, lots of narcissism, and lots of people who themselves consider themselves too big to fail. >

the new book is the information, a history of theory. jamesick, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: there was fresh evidence of weakness in the housing market and the overall economic recovery. new home construction fell more than 10% in april. the coast guard closed part of the lower mississippi river to ease pressure on levees. and anti-government protesters in syria called a nationwide general strike for tomorrow as they seek to force president bashar al-assad from office. and to hari sreenivasan for what's on the newshour online. hari. >> sreenivasan: global post's conor o'clery reports from dublin on queen elizabeth's historic visit to ireland, the first by a british monarch in a century. we assess how the obama administration has responded to the crisis in syria, and we compare that to the reaction to the turmoil in egypt and libya. find that on the "rundown." musician moby talks about his love of photography and his new book of images taken while on tour. that's on "art beat." all th

our next speaker is james zumwalt. his book is "bare feet; iron will," and it's a little bit of a different perspective on the vietnam war from the other side. jim? >> thank you. good afternoon. general, i want to thank you for a very illustrious career in the army. i salute you, sir. "bare feet, iron will "represents a journey. that journey culminate inside the writing of my book. but i think it's important to understand from where that journey began. every male member of my family served in the vietnam war. my father commanded the naval forces, my brother was a swift boat commander under his chain of command. i was the black sheep of the family, i joined the marine corps and served as a platoon and company commander that was part of a battalion landing team. all of us returned from that war unscathed, or so we thought. in 1983 my brother was diagnosed with lymphoma, and normally you either have hodge kins or non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he was one of half a dozen cases in the medical history that had both. he also had a son that w

father james martin is author of the book "my life with the saints." >> the catholic church has a more complicated process than anyone else on almost any topic, basically. i think it's important for people to know that when we hold up someone for public veneration or as an example, that their life has been thoroughly investigated. >> reporter: the process usually begins in the region where the potential saint lived or is buried. after local catholics show a particular devotion to the person, the bishop opens an investigation into the case or "cause" for sainthood. a point person called a "postulator" oversees the cause. according to the rules, there should be a five-year waiting period after the person's death. but in the cases of both john paul ii and mother teresa, that waiting period was waived. >> some people have argued, you know, why rush them? you know what's the rush? i mean they'll be a saint in ten years, or 20 years, or 30 years, so why not let the process sort of go its normal route? on the other hand people say, well, you know, the pope is responding to the desires of the

and a year or so later her husband nathaniel brandon wrote a book i believe entitled my life with ayn rand. are you familiar all with jamese passion of ayn rand's critics and if you are do you agree with his conclusion that the brand ands have slandered ayn rand and largely shaped a lot of the public impression of what ayn rand is like? >> guest: i have never taken an interest in any of this gossip stopped about ayn rand or against ayn rand or for ayn rand or barbara brandon. all of this is just a side show. i am interested in whether they are -- whether their thinking has any merit. >> host: let's talk about your most recent book widely available. how did you come up with this title? >> guest: it is interesting to me what people tell themselves when they realized they are in disagreement with so many other people. just think the christians disagree with the hindus who disagree with the muslims who disagree with this or that, republicans, democrats, utilitarianism. the world is ripe with people thinking that other people are wrong. i was wondering what do they tell themselves, why they are wrong? how do they handle that?

james k. galbraith two weeks ago on this program who was interviewed in your new book who are prince pessimistic about the economic future of this country because the fundamentals the economic fundamentals haven't shifted back to where they were before the reagan revolution if you agree with that thesis to what extent do you think that the needy a has played a role in turning politics into sports and keeping the public on. that politics has become a supporters because they love the only lookers through the media like to be entertained and amuse they like the blood and gore as the romans did in the coliseum and no one there's very little serious alternative economic information in the mainstream media you know we have lost seven million jobs since two thousand and eight since the great collapse of two thousand and eight and james galbraith talks about this very vividly and in my new book as you said seven million jobs what is washington debating right now what's the mainstream mirah is the mainstream media holding up to that debate they're debating deficits they're debating interest they're debat

the 17 year-old was arrested on firearms charges and booked into juvenile hall. >>james: a quick break. much more ahead. i live look at the golden gate bridge. a beautiful shot at the nice it friday morning. programming change proofa programming note to tell you about, this saturday we will airing "chase" right here on kron4. and then the kron4 news will be on after that, because the giant's game will be airing on nbc. >>james: we are back, 6:29 a.m.. wall street and rain fell. henry with the ceo of ult find their is bringing us some. we have information from the labor department that confirms that small business, medium business, large business generated 240,000 jobs in the month of april. far exceeding what wall street expected. it getting ... this one and hopefully it will stay that way. a quick check on whether and traffic. >>louisa: i couple things. all lot of sunshine that there. it cooler than expected. by noon time we will work our way is into the upper 60s. a significant cool down by the afternoon. i will let you know what to expect. coming up. >>george: a look

james has written a book. he's talking about his break-up. current relationship with tattoo artist and reality star cat von d. he said he's 100% to blame for the split with bullock. james also says he and his wife were never really friends and bullock's proclamations during their marriage should be taken with a grain of salt. you've got to check out that part of the exchange. >> so do you view her as a rock? >> yeah, but, you know, she said that same speech at four different awards shows. you saw two of them. >> what's your point? >> i don't know. you can take whatever you get out of it, you know. >> you don't think she meant it? >> i think she meant it to a certain extent. you know. what does she do for a living? >> movie star. actor. >> what? >> an actor. >> okay. cool. >> you think it was an act? >> i think, you know, that whole -- that people have to live in that world. >> okay. well, not surprisingly, james says that he and bullock don't even talk now, carol. you can check out the entire interview with piers. it airs tonight on "the piers

book. in the case of james frey, the readers got vouchers. but in this case, it also involved donations to charity. so we know from the cbs report that there were $14 million raised by charity in 2009 alone. so stakes could be pretty high. >> and of course, what seth doane's piece mentioned, that they've recovered some damages, as well, and potentially put them towards the charity that he says that he works with. >> right. they're not asking for any money back to themselves. they're asking that it go to a trust and administer the funds to the school. >> the fact that the two plaintiffs are state legislators in mortenson's home state, does that make any difference to how big this could become? >> i think really it just shows how deep this is reaching, and the aftermath of the "60 minutes" report, you know, his home state is where he's really a local hero. and i think people there are really feeling betrayed right now. >> betrayed by him? >> right. >> as this grows and expands into something larger, what could be consequences for other authors?

james talked about bad religion and could religion in your book. there is bad islam and good islam and bad christianity and good christianity and bad and good religious people. from god point* of view from the reading of the q'uaran and scriptures, there is only heaven and hell. those who receive god's approval or disapproval. those who live well as good or bad americans, the american ethic that represents the highest of values and those that represent the worst and fdr taught us we have nothing to fear but fear itself. and we need to eliminate that from our vocabulary for what jesus came to teach us. the fact he taught us to love our neighbors and enemies rather

james. who by the way is promoting his book. the book "american outlaw," he's the ex of sandra bullock, as we all remember. >> cheated on her. >> she wins the oscar, five days later, this whole debacle unfolds. it's really, really awful. he's talking about who is better in the sack, his current fiancee kat von d, or sandra? why would he talk about this? >> why would he ask that question? >> he went to howard stern but you know if you go to howard stern you are going to reveal more than you want to reveal but anyway he says 100% kat von d is better in the sack. she's a vixen. if she ever cheated on me i would forgive her and still love her. they're engaged to be married. take a listen to what he had to say. >> who is more fun in bed, sandra bullock or kat von d? >> that one is easy, a no-brainer. >> kat von d. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> 100%. >> she's a vixen, man. >> shut up, dude. >> you know what they say when you marry your mistress you create a job opening. >> that's very true. >> look out for that one. >> this guy will not wi

exclusive. >> you thought i was going to hit you. >>> love him or hate him, jesse james puts it out there saying his life is an open book and that's exactly what has become in this book entitled "american outlaw." jesse joins me now. jesse, we've met twice. once was on "celebrity apprentice" when i gave you a grilling. >> you thought i was going to hit you. >> i did actually. it's the one time in my recent television career where i thought this is not going to end happily. you kept staring at me with this death stare. i have quite a chilling death stare. >> i'm a pussy cat. >> the second time we met was a slightly more surreal situation. it was the oscars. i was on the red carpet. you came down. we had a bit of fun about "the apprentice" and you went and got sandra and brought her over. i checked yesterday because i made a note at the time what she said. i really like jesse. you're lucky to have him. she said i wake up every day and i remind myself how lucky i am to have him. and within four days it was all over. the scandal broke. and that was it. i found it sad when i read back the notes i made then. >> i think it was

is a big treat and pleasure for me today to welcome the marine corps commandant, general james amos, to bookings. peter singer and i would like to welcome you all. we have the opportunity to hear from the common bond on a number of issues that i know this crowd needs no briefing on. the report everything on the status of marine corps operations to the status of the war in afghanistan, and how various budget exercises may be going at the pentagon, to the extent we can talk about those. but i want to begin briefly with a word of appreciation for the general. i was very fortunate to be with him and his team recently in afghanistan, watching him and his outgoing sergeant major. it was an inspirational experience to watch how these two applauded, supported, and boosted the morale of their marines. i know it went in both directions. they gave you inspiration. they were incredible to watch in the field. i wanted to make that brief observation. but really i wanted to welcome you to brookings. i will ask everyone else to join me in a round of applause. [applause] and of course there are some big issues.

sandra bullock, stunned by jesse james, who cheated on her with women. now, he's moving on. he has a bookhtline's" vicki mabrey spoke with him. >> it's a mellower, jesse james we spoke with this time. living in a beautiful home in texas, putting the past behind him and making a fresh start. he's the former star of "monster garage." >> get tricked. but we can't outtrick ourselves. >> reporter: but more famous as the husband who cheated on sandra bullock, which became public after she won her oscar for her role in "the blind side." >> this is your quarterback. you protect his blind side. >> reporter: at the time, he was the most hated man in america. he fled to a rehab facility for a month, where he says he dealt with childhood and anger management issues. when he emerged, we sat down for his first interview. you had the perfect life. you had the perfect wife. why did you throw it away? >> i don't know. in the midst of it, when i was doing it, i knew it was horrible. it made me feel horrible. and two, i knew i would get caught eventually. i think i wanted to get caught. me, trying to self-s

in 2006, she confronted discredited author james frey for fabricating parts of a memoir that was one of her book club selections. >> i feel that you have betrayed millions of readers. >> ifill: earlier this month, she invited him back to apologize for being too hard on him. and at the school she created to educate disadvantaged south african girls, a dorm matron was charged with abuse in 2007. th woman was later acquitted. presidents lined up to appear on "oprah," but it wasn't until 2008 that she embraced partisan politics with her pivotal endorsement of barack obama. >> is he the one? is he the one? i believe he is the one! >> ifill: her campaigning drew criticism in some quarters, and excitement in others. >> i've got to say, this is the biggest crowd we've had in this campaign. >> ifill: winfrey announced she would end her show a year and a half ago. >> these years with you, our viewers have enriched my life beyond measure. >> ifill: but she isn't leaving the spotlight or abandoning her brand. six months ago, she launched a cable network-- own-- which she named after herself. the oprah winfr