and major general james williams, a retired u.s. marine commander who also has some valuable insight when we discuss when's going on there. thanks to you all for being with us. major general williams, let's talk a little bit about what you did back there, we laze to have that turnaround with a major shift in how the insurgency went on. do you think they're in the mood to be turned around again? >> well, i think that's really a good question, michael. of course, at the time i was out there, nic robertson was there, in fact, a couple meetings with me and good to see nic again. you know, the challenge i think we have right now is really to find what the issues are and you've talked to the former prime minister. we have had discussions with ambassador crocker today. and when you look at the challenges, this sectarian battle in my mind has always been about the economics of it. and so, essentially, the iraqi government has essentially disenfranchised the sunnis and their only way to deal with this is to fight back. they're not sharing oi

let's talk about this developing situation with retired marine major general james williams, also eli lake for the daily beast. also joining us on the phone cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. barbara, i want to start with you first. what can you tell us about this effort we're learning about to protect the embassy there in baghdad. >> reporter: good evening, ana. what we're learning from the state department and other administration officials including the pentagon that somewhat less than a hundred u.s. troops, somewhere between 50 and 100 u.s. troops have arrived at the u.s. embassy in baghdad. either a mix of marines and army soldiers. they are going to go and stay put there. they are going to be there to reinforce protection at the embassy. at this point, they are not going to be involved in any evacuation of american employees or american civilians from baghdad or from iraq. they are simply going to the embassy to reinforce security there, but, of course, this comes, as we learned, just a short time ago, that the state department has indeed ordered a partial evacuation of s

general james williams, thank you so much. we appreciate you joining us. >> thank you. >>> and two developments tonight in the painstaking search for malaysia airlines flight 370. months after the boeing 777 disappeared with 239 people aboard, australian authorities on wednesday will announce a brand-new search area. after re-evaluating satellite data, they say that could be their best chance yet to finding the missing airliner. also, malaysian authorities are blasting a report which names the plane's captain as the prime suspect in the plane's disappearance. clive irving, contributor to the daily beast, just wrote a very lengthy piece on this investigation. he joins me now. and clive, let's start with this new search area. this appears also to be a search area that the ntsb thought would yield some good clues. why wasn't it searched before? >> i think there's been an argument going on behind the scenes about this because the first search area was really a result of the result of the pings coming from the flight recorder. turn

a man who commanded the marine division during the iraq war, james williams. general williams, you're a straight talking man. what is the first element of american advisers? what are they going into? they've got to assess the situation but now you have shias who are marching in baghdad and they're ready to confront isis, the sunnis. >> well, you know, first of all, they're going to have to make contact with the military government in terms of working with the ministry of defense. they'll have to be assigned to various units of the iraqi army and make an assessment of the situation. remember, they're in an advisement role. in this advisement role, they're not going to be in direct combat but they're going to direct the individual iraqi army elements on how to resolve their issues from a military perspective. >> you know, general, you talk about the iraqi army. but now you've got the shiite forces and also sunni of isis, iraq, various tribes that are now following this. how is the iraqi army the one who is ultimately going to gain control of this situation with

they should know marshall mathers for a williams rares james pants wes anderson. a lot of the people around me my mother for sure i don't tell her much but she played a big part the other plan to expand the i want to do things musically other than rap that's what i do you know like. that's the thing. i really want to sing but my tone of voice is too deep to do what i want it somehow i'm just listening to like isaac hayes and barry white and things like that just to see how they use their voice but i hate rapping only because it puts you in the it's like in this box and like so i was scared for this interview because me being a rapper i was scared of the type of questions that you would probably ask me not even on purpose this you know because i'm a rapper and things and people look at you different oh he's a rap artist over do you not as much time just said you you don't want to read anymore i don't i don't i just want to composer you that famous rapping yeah but you're leaving the world of rap but you've been successful in other areas i mean you don't need rap on

local economy and the with intellectuals who are also important public figures to such features as william james on race in america. at all times appiah allows us to greatness du bois scrabbling mfs the most compelling and most moving about "lines of descent." what lay between the progressive trajectory of the thinking in the virulence of the political situation for african-americans and you have to remember was jim crow america, it is important to keep presence in mind. but throughout "lines of descent," appiah helps us see cornel west du bois struggling to define race in terms of justice or oppression. du bois tries to articulate something other then or in addition to the famous line that to be black is to be made to feel that you are problem. appiah quote du bois is having so late at night for the meaning of race simply description fails and perhaps it is wrong to use because race at all as icons that rather than as a group to contradictory forces, fax intended use. i am coming to the end of the introduction. it is remarkable as we watch appiah trace the arc of their remarkable life, sas, mem

. >> reporter: daniel radcliff to james franco, michelle williams and neil patrick harris, 2014 has beenyear for hollywood stars on broadway. >> and the choices could not be clearer. >> reporter: brian cranston went straight for emmy winning show breaking bad to the tony nominated play all the way. his performance as president lyndon johnson makes him a front run are for best actor. >> brian cranston more than earns his paycheck and i think that will be acknowledge. >> reporter: new york times theater critic ben brantly says more and more screen stars like daniel craig and his oscar winning wife rachel vice are jumping to the stage to improve themselves and sharper their skills. >> go on living. >> reporter: even proven veterans like patrick stewart and i an mckelamb performed on broadway. >> it has broad so many actors from the stage and film including your x men co stars. >> that is true. my career started on stage. truth of the matter is most start on stage, and for me that was always my own. >> reporter: broadway shows are risky propositions for investors and adding a brand new stapl

of rusted root dar williams james matic roots rebel leaders d.j. kool herc guy davis just siri acts to cheapen sisters elizabeth mitchell and of course my dear friend tom chabon amazing tom just real quickly thirty seconds what is movement music jason just referenced and how community be used to fight for and influence ocean justice. well. music has always been a very powerful tool that's one of the reasons why dictators always get rid of musicians and and artists and very early on and i think pete seeger embodied the idea of the power of song he really believe that a song can change the world and it often has we shall overcome finally over ten for example among a lot of others that. say to me just. move move that movement music is is more of a term it's protest music but that spans every genre historically protest music was usually mostly folk music and now protest music is turning into you know there's hip hop there's punk music there's jazz music there's blues there's rock n roll in that all that's what i like let's listen must listen to some of

in that connection, i want to ask you about your perspective on james hicks and william bradford hughley. hicks was a journalist that 55ered the case in sumner in for the black press, and he we broke -- wrote a piece in the january issue. reporter, ithe think at the time he worked for the african-american press. out, i'm not sure exactly when he came out with this, daddies testimony. i have a copy of the trial transcript. my father said, there he is. he helped my daddy escape mississippi's and he began to describe a report someone from washington heversity, st. louis, that was helping my daddy escape and telling me how fast he was driving one way, driving 75 and thathour all stop they put my daddy in a coffin and they drove him to memphis, tennessee. so, i asked the question, i said, three sons there. how did they get out? it is inaccuracy is like this and i'm trying to correct. he said, why did he say that? he one the world to think he was an expert. and he came up with a preposterous idea. i have no confidence in his when he wrote the piece and said that he took one look at my mother a

. >> i want to ask about, you've done ask you about your perspective on both james hicks and william bradford hughy hicks being an african-american journalist who covered the case in summer in '55 for the black press and then hughy who wrote a piece in the january '56 issue of "look" magazine. >> james hicks, he's the black reporter i think at the time, he worked for african-american press. and he put out -- i'm not sure exactly when he came out with this. given my daddy's testimony that my daddy stood up, pointed to j.w. milan and said die he. that's what my dad said. my daddy didn't talk like that. i have a copy of the trial transcript. my dad stood up and said there se. and that's mr. bryant sitting next to him. things like that. james hicks said he helped my daddy escape mississippi in a coffin. he began to describe to reporters or someone from washington university in st. louis there how that he and evers was helping my daddy these cape, how fast he was driving one way. i don't know why he knew all of this. and that they had put my daddy in a coffin and drove him to memphis, ten

they are students at the nearby william patterson university. thomas james school's football team, the pioneers. >> we had a break from the first practice and decided to go shopping because thomas needed batteries for his remote controller and thomas needed something. >> they head to buddy's small lots to get what they need before heading back to practice. that's when the store's security cameras captured their ambulance. >> we saw the lights were flickering. we thought it was part of the get up because they had halloween costumes. >> usually when you see halloween stuff it is somebody trying to jump out at you. got you. >> halloween is not the best time of year for me. i'm a punk. i'm scared of a lot of things. i'm short so i have to be scared. >> that's why we kind of stayed close. i'm not going to say we were scared, but we were scared. we stayed close and we saw the lights and stuff on. we were like, oh, they are open. >> we drove that far and wanted to get what we were going for. we spent a minute searching for the items. we walked around and stood at t

williams. sharee it's interesting to note the author of the bill james kinney will save the city 7 million a year. >> and jim, here's how the 7 million breaks down according to the councilman. he says the police department will say 4 million in costs with officers spending fewer hours processing these type of offenses and 3 million will be saved in court costs. and owe bone ebts say it's not about saving money that's besides the point. they're concerned the measure may send the wrong message. >> majority of them are voting in the affirmative and the bill pass. >> philadelphia city council passed a measure today decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana it means no jail time and instead a $25 fine if caught with one oups or less of bought pot. philadelphians weighed in. >> you have some that want to go higher. that will not sea them. then they'll go for something else. then it's crack. then it's dealing. >> marijuana is like alcohol or toe baca owe and should be treated as such and today's decision was a big thing in the right direction for helping the city. >> the bill passed 13-3

william howard taft, herbert hoover and george h.w. bush. six others tried and lost, james cox, stevenson, hubert humphrey, al gore and john mccain. even the three successful ones had one term in office. but the challenge for hillary clinton can be seen through the prism of her predecessors. should she run for change or continuity? the three who won all ran firmly as proteges of the president. promising to extend his policies. they also ran in economic good times with popular presidents. that's not always a guarantee, of course. james cox promised to be 1 million percent behind woodrow wilson's policies. but since he was wildly unpopular, cox received the most resounding drubing in the popular vote in history. today the country is on a slow recovery and president obama eas approval ratings are low. that might suggest hillary clinton to distance herself from her former boss. but obama, obamacare and other policies of this president are very popular among many democratic groups. and remember, the three people in her shoes who have won all ran on continuity. now, mrs. clinton'

james, thank you very much. good reporting. >>> the v.a. scandal extends pretty much coast to coast. but when brian williams sat down with president obama for an interview the other day, it never warranted so much as a single question. and you're not surprised, why not, brent? >> not only did he sit down with him, but he sat down with him on the anniversary of d-day when the conversation deals with the u.s. military and he still couldn't ask about the v.a. controversy. your last guest hit the nail on the head. with the resignation of shinseki, so, too, did the media story die. even though there are more and more developments coming through. you've had one -- you've had a total of two minutes and 16 seconds devoted to this scandal in the past seven days. think about this. 43 seconds by nbc. 21 seconds by abc. 72 seconds by cbs. that is it. the story is dead. >> but you know, we in the media always got on to stories that had a common theme. and this one would have been a lay skr-up for nbc to see the cn theme, normandy invasion, the mistreatment, the veterans administration subpoe administrati administration.

william dudley says he is worried this could be a dangerous new trend. is did the new normal? jamesyou think of this kind? is he right to be concerned? >> i don't think so. i don't see investors taking any new large risks. i-man equity actions trader and i keep my eyes glued to the tape every day and the order flow has been at the snail's face the last couple weeks and over the past month and a half we are not seeing institutional money putting on any large positions. i think the market his in wait and see mode from the equity options standpoint so the vix is that multi-year lows. if you are trader looks at that and sees complacency and is concerned that is a good thing because you will be much cheaper on a relative basis. melissa: we are down 7 points, what did you make of the beige book? >> the beige book came out and saw modest moderate growth, exactly what we were expecting. it is not a huge market mover. melissa: thanks, seattle is about to be serve the. we have been all over the minimum wage hike, now the international franchise association is planning to sue the emerald city

williams out front and l.a. gets the win. we congratulate noah named first- team all nba on wednesday joined by james, durant, and chris paul.ayer in polls history to make the first team. and that's morning sports. >> some people in montana said they are finding something unusual in their water. several tests were done on some flics found in their water and it turns out to be gold. environmentalists say they may have come from pipes or ponce tied to the water supply. they're not dangerous but they do have people wondering what else is in the their water. >> there's gold in them water. >> a foggy start this morning? >> this fall will lindelinder ul about 10:00 a.m.. temperature of 54 right now. born temperature but clear skies comb wind means we could see a few degrees changing. outside you may notice it is cooler than it has been over the week. it could be a jacket weather today. today mid- 70s sunshine this afternoon. >> tri-state construction causing some minor delays early- morning. this is down by three lanes in both directions. it's a tight squeeze the good news is that volume is getting late and it's not causing any bi

williams immediate kale care is nearing $13,000. >> trial begins for a delaware county councilman accused of stealing millions from a former employer. james bryan is charged with stealing nearly $3 million from wescot electric. bry bryan allegedly took it over the past 11 years to support a gambling addiction. >> police have one person in custody after a deadly weekend road rage incident in feltonville. they say the man isn't the only one responsible. someone opened fire on a car driving down roosevelt boulevard. the driver was killed. his passenger, a woman, was shot twice in the stomach. sources say the incident began when the driver would not let a group of motorcycles get in front of his car. >> exited the car and everything happened after he got out of the car. the girl exited the car too. she was shot. we heard all of the motorcycles take off. this bike was still in the street. that's the one they chased. >> the woman is in stable condition this morning. sources tell us police have questioned a person still in custody and are awaiting on the district attorney's office to decide on charges in the case. >> 6:18. the rain may impact yo

in the james family, for instance, which i know a lot about, the younger two boys did go off to war, william and henry did not. morgan didn't. some of the adams's did and some of them didn't. it was interesting to see which--how it lines up. he and his father hated the idea of the civil war, because it was gonna disrupt business. they were doing cotton trading with england, they were trying to build america with european capital, build america's future and the--war interrupts commerce. it interrupts all sorts of other things. they weren't terribly interested in the issue of slavery and the moral cause of the civil war, they were more interested in keeping business going. c-span: another woman in his life is this one right here. who is that? >> guest: that's his second wife, frances louisa tracy, whom he married about three years later, 1865, just at the end of the civil war, right after lincoln was shot and the war was concluded. that was an ok marriage for maybe 10 or 15 years. they had four children, who were also in the picture you just held up, but very quickly, it became clear that they

then at 8:15, heather williams sits down with booktv to talk about her book, "help me to find my people." at 9 p.m. eastern time, former senator james webb recounts his career. and at 10 on "after words," qaz is city war tang looks back at the history of money. and we conclude our prime time programming at 11 p.m. eastern with joe becker detailing the legal strategies and battles in recent years for marriage equality. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> next on booktv, actor danny glover is joined by kathleen cleaver and brian jones to talk about the black power movement. the panel discussed key participants in the movement like stockily carmichael -- stokely carmichael, angela davis, you would bridge cleaver, bobby seale and huey p. newton. this is about an hour and ten minutes. [applause] >> good evening, and welcome. thank you so much, everyone, for coming. this is an amazing house that we have here this evening. and needless to say, i am thrilled and honored to be able to partake in this amazing group of people that we have here. my name is michelle materre, i am a media studies and film professor here at the new sc

james, tiger woods, gabby douglas. then on the other hand, summer -- >> you've got venus williams. serena williams.elps, derek jeter, and phil mickelson. again, like any of these studies that come out of britain, they are worthless. >> we basically disproved that theory. worthless. >> those brits. come on. >> how about you give us a check of the weather? and it's always accurate. and at least 100% of the time. >> and it's american. so let's show you what we've got. eastern colorado into northern texas. into the great lakes some showers. tomorrow we're going move that further into the northern plains. look for wet weather continuing into the pacific northwest. showers central gulf coast into the central plains. that's w >>> good morning, i'm meteorologist bill henley. few scattered clouds and mostly sunny skies and a bit warmer today. high temperatures in the low to mid-80s. the humidity stays in check today but on the increase and that will lead to showers and thunderstorms later in the day on wednesday and into wednesday night and possibly thursday, too. but the storms by friday and temperatures i

james, tiger woods, gabby douglas. then on the other hand, summer -- >> you've got venus williams. serena williams. again, like any of these studies that come out of britain, they are worthless. >> we basically disproved that theory. worthless. >> those brits. come on. >> how about you give us a check of the weather? and it's always accurate. and at least 100% of the time. >> and it's american. so let's show you what we've got. eastern colorado into northern texas. into the great lakes some showers. tomorrow we're going move that further into the northern plains. look for wet weather continuing into the pacific northwest. showers central gulf coast into the central plai >>> hey, good tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. kind of blown away at how rapidly your temperatures are warming up at this hour. we're at 72 degrees for example in santa rosa and concord. meanwhile, we're in the 70s as well out in livermore. it's going to be a warm day today, as that breeze builds, 77 for the peninsula, 82 in the south bay, 72 for the east shore. sunny and hot, meanwhile, out in the north bay. but

james hicks -- why did he say that? i said he wanted the world to think he was an expert on emmett till case and he came up with that preposterous idea. william bradford hughy, i have no confidence in his writing when he wrote a piece and said that he took one look at my mother and realized she was uneducated. then he said that he interviewed us here and we showed him where bryant lived. his white girlfriend lived. and we were discussing did he ever go to bed with her. i said get out of here. we never talked to him. he never interviewed with us. i don't know how much money he made off of it but these things he put out there. so i don't believe practically anything he said. even the interview with bryant and milan. i don't believe all he said about what took place. i don't need him to say that to convince me that they killed emmett till. i didn't need that. i knew that before he wrote that piece. but why he did it, some say he was a checkbook journalist, whatever that means. but he did it. he put a lot of inaccuracies out there. i'm trying to correct it. set the record straight. i just got a call from a lady who wanted me to endorse a play in

library hosting a talk by travel writer william pete moon, he'll be discussing his best-selling book, "blue highways." on that same night, we'll be covering james oakes on his book "the scorpion sting: anti-slavery and the coming of the civil war" at the new york historical society. and then on sunday, june 8th, we'll be at the center for african-american history art and culture in aiken, south carolina, to record south carolina congressman james clyburn talking about his memoir, "blessed experiences." and that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more, go to booktv.org and visit "upcoming programs." >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. jack devine, former deputy of director of operations at the cia recounts his 32 years of service in "good hunting." in "sally ride: america's first woman in space," journalist lynn scherr details the life and career of the first female astronaut. journalist nell bernstein argues the juvenile prison system does nothing to rehabilitate young offenders and needs to be reformed in "burning down the house: the end of juvenile prison." in

regional library hosting a talk by william moon who will be discussing his writing and best-selling book blue highways. that same night we will be covering civil war historian jamesbook the scorpion sting:anti slavery and the coming of the civil war. end new york historical society. and then on sunday june a we will be at the center for african american history, art and culture in south carolina to record south carolina congressman james cliburn talking about his memoir blessed experiences. and look at the author programs booktv will be covering this coming week. for more go to our web site booktv.org and visit upcoming programs. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. former deputy director of operations at the center intelligence agency recounts his 32 years of service in good hunting:an american spymaster's story. in sao ride:america's first woman in space journalist lin share details the life and career of the first female astronaut. journalists milled bernstein argues juvenile prison system does nothing to real-estate young offenders and needs to be reformed in burning down the house:the end of juvenile prison. in america:imagine a world wi

then at 8:15 heather williams sits down with booktv to talk about her book, "help me to find my people." at 9 p.m. eastern time, former senator james webb recounts his career. and at 10 on "after words," qaz city war tech looks back at the history of money. and we conclude at 11 p.m. eastern with jo becker detailing the legal strategies and battles in recent years for marriage equality. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> jackie, what do you do here at simon & schuster? >> i'm the executive art director for the simon and schuster imprint. >> and what does that mean? >> well, i oversee, direct and design the simon & schuster imprint, and there are many different imprints of simon & schuster, scrivener, touchstone, atry ya, gallery. there's all different art directors, but i solely do the simon & schuster imprint. >> so you do the covers of books. >> yeah. >> host: what goes into a cover of a book? >> guest: well, the first thing that when we hear about this project usually from the editor, we find out what the book is about. there's a manuscript or sometimes there isn't, sometimes there's just a little bit to read, and