[applause] [applause] >> this event was hosted by the james a. garfield national historic site in mentor, ohio. for more affirmation visit in ps doubt go / jaga. >> pulitzer prize-winning author had 1507-acre farm outside knoxville tennessee where he lived before his passing in 1992. former caylee employee talks about mr. haley's time and not smell next on book tv. >> he did some writing here. although i think that kind of scared mrs. haley. so much that it was really hard for him to finish folks the publishing companies were requesting that the finish. he just really had a hard time with it. it really took a lot out of him. the emotion that was in the story, the things he had found out about his family. very, very emotional for him. he just really didn't want anything like the success to happen to him again because it was so overwhelming to have. he had no idea that when he embarked upon this venture to researches routes, how was going to affect. his first visit came in 1982. he came here to visit the welfare of. his first visit to east tennessee. he abs

she speaks at the james a. garfield national historic site in mentor, ohio. >> candice millard is an excellent writer from national geographic magazine and now we are very excited to have her talk about her second book, her first book was the river ofery e doubt about theodore roosevelt perilous journey down the amazos after his presidency. of we are pleased here she iswn thr chosen to tackle anotherease interesting presidentiald is subject, that being the assassination of president jamee garfield.interest iin believe this is her fourth trip here to the site. h it's really a great pleasure too welcome her here tonight. please make her feel welcome,re candice millard.onig [applause]ht her feel welcome, candice millard. [applause] >> thank you, thank you for that introduction. thank you all for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, which has been incred

20th president, james garfield. ms. millard speaks at the james a. garfield national historic site in mentor, ohio. >> our speaker candice malarkey is an excellent writer formerly of "national geographic" magazine and now we are very excited to have her here to talh about her second book, her first book was the river ofer doubt about eudora roosevelt's perilous journey down the amazon after his presidency,ney and we very very pleased that she she s chosen toe tackle is chosen to tackle another interesting presid another. .. >> thank you, thank you for that introduction. thank you all for coming. it is a real pleasure to be here and it is a great honor to be able to speak at the james a. garfield national historic site. i also wanted to say a particular thank you to the garfield family as well, which has been incredibly kind and generous and helpful to me throughout this whole process so thank you so much. at heart, this book is not about politics or science or even the shooting of a president. it is about an extraordinary drama that took place inside

wondering, you talked about james garfield being a multifaceted, multitalented man.ow do you rank him with the others? such as jefferson? >> you know to me personally, and i'm obviously biased, i think had he lived, and believe that he would have been one of our great presidents. it is impossible to know, because he was in office for such a short time. youyou know know, i'm a great admirer of jefferson, great admirer of lincoln, but i think that honestly i think garfield had a mind like jefferson and a heart like lincoln. >> i agree, thank you. >> i was wondering, is it hard to find the research on him? >> you know, it is like being a detective kind of, and so it is really fun in that way. do just get to search and search and search, so when i began i just cast a very wide net so i looked everywhere and every place. you look in the obvious places like they came to minefield several times and we went to the college where he was a student and a teacher and a president, they went to the library of congress. but then i found little, like the new york bar, the library of

september 19, 1881, president james garfield is near death, mortally wounded two months earlier by a crazed gunmen. on afterwards, the head of the aclu blends the patriot act and other anti-terrorism laws were damaging the lives and liberties of american citizens. also, there resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. find the book-tv schedule this and every weekend online at book-tv.org. new jersey governor chris christie announced tuesday he will not run for the republican presidential nomination. he spoke with reporters at the state capitol in trenton for a little less than one hour. [no audio] >> my job here in new jersey is my passion. i'm the luckiest guy in the world to have this job. i'm doing a job i love in this state i grew up in on behalf of some of the toughest and greatest people in this country. it was not until recently that i paused to reflect my decision. when you have serious people from across the spectrum, not to mention across the country passionately calling on you to do something as consequential as running for presiden

september 19, 1981 -- 1881, james garfield is near death.andace miller on the political intrigues and the destiny of the republic. aclu had blames the patriot act for damaging the lives and liberties of citizens. she is interviewed by an assistant attorney general for george bush. a resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. find our schedule online at our website. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congresswoman diana degette is at our table here. a democrat from colorado and a ranking member on the energy and commerce subcommittee on oversight. let's begin with this poll. congressional approval its lowest in two decades. among democrats, 18% approve of what their party is doing. guest: it is a frustrating time for everybody. if you had to ask me, i would have a low approval rating of congress, too. it has been almost a year that we have been in session and we a past 24 pieces of legislation. most of those bills were continuing resolutions, keeping the g

james garfield is near death. candice millard on the destiny of their public.an herman blames the pager act -- blames the patron act and is interviewed. also, a resistance fighter has a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. find the book to the schedule online. >> before the presidential election of 1916, charles evans hughes was a lawyer and professor, a two-term governor of new york. and though he lost his bid for the presidency, his impact on political history remained, serving as a postwar secretary of state and ultimately chief justice of the u.s. he is one of the 14 men featured in c-span's new weekly series, "the contenders," live from the supreme court building in washington, d.c., tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. for a preview about hughes, watch a number of videos about him at our special website for the series, cspan.org/thecontenders. >> i would like to say that i deny each and every single allegation against me today because when i ran for president, i said it would cut the deficit in half in court for years. >> every wee

he lost to james garfield. that was the other president who did seek a third term. >> thank you for the call. teddy roosevelt also ran for a third term after a different -- under a different party after he left the white house. >> coolidge served under harding. harding died. coolidge became president and one of his own right -- won of his own right in the next election. easy call. the democrat always runs again when they are popular incumbent, and he chose not to run. what i am discovering in researching calvin coolidge is that he chose not to run because of george washington. absolute power corrupts absolutely. he thought overtime an executive gets too used to the office. that was a concern the people had over fdr, that you do become too -- you can use that the state is me. -- confuse that the state is me. >> you can learn more on our website and get more on this program and our 14-week series, looking a presidential candidates who ran for office, lost, but changed american history. new jersey, go ahead. >> i

president james garfield is mortally wounded and candice miller on the political intrigue and the destiny of the republic. afterwards a.c.l. head susan blames anti-terrorism laws for damaging the lives and liberties of americans. also steffen hessell, resistance fighter and concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. >> during deliberations the only people allowed in the east conference room are the nine justices. so who gets the door? >> i was paying very close attention to the discussion and i failed to hear the knock on the door. and billy brennan on my left and bill rank cuss on my right both got up and answered the door and made me feel like i was about two feet high. i learned from that one of the most important jobs of the junior justices is to remember that you're the doorman. >> retired john paul stevens justice. sunday at 6:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> next, secretary intimidate geithner talks about the financial stability of the banking system. he testified before the house financial services committee chaired by senato

he lost to james garfield.t was the other president who did seek a third term. >> thank you for the call. we had teddy roosevelt also ran for a third term under a different party after he left the white house. >> coolidge served under harding. harding died. coolidge became president and won of his own right in the next election. he could have run for another term. easy call. the democrat always runs again when they are popular incumbent, and he chose not to run. that is a famous decision which is attributed to personnel decisions or depression. what i am discovering in researching calvin coolidge is that he chose not to run because of george washington. absolute power corrupts absolutely. he thought overtime an executive gets too used to the office. that was a concern the people had over fdr, that you do become too -- you confuse that the state is me. the more you serve, the longer you served in office. >> you can learn more on our website and get more on this program and our 14-week series, looking a president

james garfield is near death. he was wounded two months earlier by a gunman. the aclu claims the patriot act and other terrorism laws for damaging the lives and liberties of american citizens. she is interviewed by the former bush attorney-general. also, a concentration camp survivor with a message to america's youth. freedom is worth fighting for. during deliberations, the only people allowed inside the supreme court's east conference room are the judges. who gets the door? >> i was paying very close attention to the discussion. i fail to hear the knock on the door. bill rehnquist on my right and the other got up and answered the door. it made me feel about two feet high. it is one of the most important jobs of the junior justice, that you are a doormen. john paul stevens on the the "5 chiefs." >> president obama held a news conference at the white house to challenge congress to pass the jobs plan. he would support a new proposal by democrats to tax millionaires to pay for his jobs plan. >> good morning, everybody. i will take your questions in a second. i wa

president james garfield is near death, mortally wounded two months earlier by a crazed gunman.intrigue and "destiny of the republic." aclu blaming the patriot act and other anti-terrorism loss for damaging the lives and liberties of american citizens. but she's interviewed by former bush assistant attorney general. and a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. find the "bookstv" schedules online at booktv.org. >> it you think that a bill of rights is what sets us apart, you're crazy. every banana republic in the world has a bill of rights. every president for life as a bill of rights. the bill of rights of the former evil empire come the u.s.s.r., was much better than ours. i mean it literally. it was much better. we guarantee freedom of speech and press, big deal. the they guarantee is three demonstrations, protests, and anyone caught trying to suppress criticism of the government will be called to account. that is wonderful stuff. of course, just words on paper. >> justices antonin scalia and justice breyer before the judiciary committee on a wide

president james garfield is near death, mortally wounded two months earlier by a crazed gunman.candice miller on the political intrigue and the destiny of the republic. susan herman blames the patriot act and other anti-terrorism laws for damaging the lives and liberties of american citizens. she is interviewed by the former bush and assistant attorney general. a concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. life and liberty are worth fighting for. find the schedule this and every week in online that booktv.org. >> at his news conference, president obama -- president obama urged congress to support his jobs bill. other topics included china's currency, relations with pakistan, and you are a's debt. from the east room of the white house, this is an hour and 10 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. i will take your questions in a second. i want to say a few words about the economy. next week, the senate will vote on the american jobs act. by now, i have made my view is well known. some of you are keeping a tally about how many times i have talked about the american j

september 19, 1881, president james garfield is near death, mortally wounded two months earlier by a crazed gunman. can this millard on political intrigues and the destiny of the republic. and "after words" susan herman blames the patriot act for damaging the lives and liberties of american citizens. she is attitude by former bush assistant attorney general. and a concentration camp survivor has a message for today's youth. life and liberty worth fighting for. find a schedule for this and every weekend online at bokktv.org. >> during deliberations the only people allowed in the supreme court east conference room of the nine justices. who gets the door? >> i was paying close attention to the discussion and i failed to hear a knock on the door. brennan on my left and rehnquist on my right both got up and answer the door and made me feel like i was about two feet high. i learned from that that one of the most and pour in jobs of the junior justice is to remember you are a -- most important jobs of the junior justice is is to remember you are a doorman. >> sunday night on "q&a." >> "wash

he lost to james garfield.t was the other president who did seek a third term. >> thank you for the call. we had teddy roosevelt also ran for a third term under a different party after he left the white house. >> coolidge served under harding. harding died. coolidge became president and won of his own right in the next election. he could have run for another term. easy call. the democrat always runs again when they are popular incumbent, and he chose not to run. that is a famous decision which is attributed to personnel decisions or depression. what i am discovering in researching calvin coolidge is that he chose not to run because of george washington. absolute power corrupts absolutely. he thought overtime an executive gets too used to the office. that was a concern the people had over fdr, that you do become too -- you confuse that the state is me. the more you serve, the longer you served in office. >> you can learn more on our website and get more on this program and our 14-week series, looking a president

without my garfield id, i left havana in 1981 and went to zurich, switzerland, thanks to james joyce. my dancing there became walking through the silence of the city. instead of people looking at me like my family did when i was a child, people began to ask me, where are you from? i felt disoriented, exiled. the changing perception of nature, religious views, philosophical and political opinions, botanical knowledge and idiomatic sounds, everything new. i asked myself many times for a specific reason why my irish family went to cuba and began searching for missing pieces of my irish history in irish, cuban, and catalan archives to discover before me that i had a fascinating history of displacement and transformations in various geographic setings. my book, ticket it ride, is a personal journey towards the past and the present. there is no one but many places i belong to: havana, dublin, mahon, barcelona, and since the lay 80's, the bay area. so thank you very much. . >> i'm going to do this in about 5 parts. i hope you will bear with me. first of all, i want to thank cross roads for i