tonight, with polling data from eight arab countries, james zogby discusses his findings on the mideast. it is part of this weekend's non-fiction books and authors on c-span2. >> in a moment, we will hear three different perspectives on how technology is being used in other countries to promote government transparency. in remarks from academy award winning actor and jeff bridges on childhood hunger. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, npr president and ceo

. >> "after words" with james zogby and barbara slavin will continue after this short break. >> everyeekend on c-span3 experience american history tv. 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. visit museums, historical sites and college campuses as top history professors and leading historians delve into america's past. american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> "after words" with james zogby and barbara slavin continues. >> host: jim, we were talking about how you got into this. you started in the early '70s, and this must have been an incredibly challenging time. i mean, this is when we had palestinian terrorist attacks, black september. how did you manage it? >> guest: well, you know, we didn't deal with the issues of that sort, although we were very clear in condemning terrorism and actually pretty harsh. i sent some pretty harsh letters to people in the different palestinian movements condemning what they did and was very public about that. but w

. >> "after words" with james "after zogby and barbara slavin will continue after this short break. "after words" with james zogby and barbara slavin continues. >> host: jim, we were talking about how you got into this. you started in the early 70's and this must of been an incredibly challenging time. this is when we had palestinian terrorist attacks, black september. how did you manage it? >> guest: we didn't deal with the issue of the sort although we were condemning terrorism and actually pretty harsh. i said some pretty harsh letters to people in the different palestinian movement condemning what they did and was very public about that but we focused on human rights. we focused on people who were being tortured under occupation, and we focused on some of the problems refugees were heading in different countries and so by not overtly being a political organization, i.e., you know, we didn't take positions on a range of political issues but we talk about individual cases. we are doing what amnesty international wasn't doing. amnesty at the time was not taking cases in america for

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on book tv tonight, james zogby discusses his findings of the mideast -- on the mideast. that is on book to be on c- span2. -- "booktv," on c-span2. "washington journal -- "washington journal" continues. host: what is on your mind? guest: i am nothing about unemployment. there are so many americans were struggling to make ends meet. one of the biggest issues facing us is both unemployment benefits being renewed so that people have that fragile lifeline and meaningful job creation legislation. host: what do you mean by "meaningful job creation legislation" and the mean in the lame duck or in the new congress? guest: i mean both. it is an ongoing task, given the magnitude of the problem. it will take a lot of different measures. we will have to wait and see. a stimulus obviously held off even more bleak and implement. it did not do enough -- even more bleak unemployment. it did not do enough. host: laura clawson is currently a senior writer at working america, which is affiliated with the afl-cio. she has a ph.d. and his co- founder of new hampshire's's premier progressive

then at 9, afterwards with james zogby. >> alex kershaw's latest book "the envoy." who was the envoy? >> greatest hero. some people say he saved $100,000 lives at the end of the second world war. she became one the two honorary americans, winston churchill, and raul willenberg, to recognize the fact that he saved over 100,000 live, which today some people say is a million. one guy who went up against the greatest evil and the result is that are million people alive who wouldn't be. >> how did he do that? >> he was clever. bribed, controlled, he did whatever he could as a swedish diplomat in hungary to try to stop ikeman from killing the jews in europe. there was only one country with jews arrive, hungary. ikeman went into hungary on a mission to kill the last jews in europe. womennenberg was -- willenberg was there. he saved them. it's a story about how one person can make a difference. >> how did he life end? >> we don't know. it's a good questions. the russians won't say what happened to him. many believe he was killed by the russians, got by the nkb, the russians

this weekend on book tv's "after words" -- james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes, 9/11, and the war on terror. part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. this week -- week marked the 47th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. we will talk to gerald lane and the clinton hill, ceo service agents whose job was to protect the president of the events of that day, conspiracy theories, and mr. blaine's new book. sunday night on c-span's "q&a." "washington journal" continues. host: ylan mui of "the washington post" is a financial reporter and she is here to discuss black friday, consumer spending, and the christmas holiday season. how important is today to our economy? guest: today is hugely important. last year shopper spent $11 billion on black friday alone. this is a very big shopping day. the holiday season over all accounts for anywhere from 20% to 40% of total retail sales for the year. so, this is a very big season for stores and we want to make sure they don't get it wrong. host: why do we spend so much and as one day? t

he is retired from the army national guard. >> this weekend on "book tv," james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes, and the war. that is part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. >> every weekend on c-span3, experience american history tv. saturday, 48 hours of people and events telling the american story. and i would guess accounts of events that shaped our nations -- and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation. american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c- span3. >> the peace corps is celebrating its 50th anniversary. eric williams, the agency's current director, joined others to talk about what they have learned from running the peace corps. from harvard university, this is about one hour, 15 minutes. >> a story of a long-awaited return to a place where generations of had a history of making a difference. president kennedy challenge to america's young people to help people in need, promote good will over the world. that challenge became the peace corps. tonight our story comes from sierra leone, where a brutal civil

. >> this weekend on book tv's afterwards with polling data from eight arab countries, james zogby questions muslims. part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors starting thursday on c-span 2. >> more now from an american enterprise institute forum on the key issues of the next session of congress. this panel focuses on the economy and how the congress can reduce spending. this is an hour. >> i'll be moderating this panel and whether or not those two things are compatible is probably going to doctrineate debate. just before we get to the panelists, i'll try to provide a little context for this debate. we have two debates going on in this country over the budget. there is a short-term debate focused on what tax and spending levels are going to be next year. whether or not we extend all of the bush tax cuts or some of the bush tax cuts or none of the bush tax cuts, and there is also a question of appropriations for the next fiscal year. will the democrats in the lame duck session pass a new omnibus bill? will they pass a continuing resolution that simply fronts the gov

. >> with polling data from eight arab countries, james zogby discusses his findings. it is part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books on c-span2. >> a discussion in u.s. foreign policy and economic policy from this morning's washington journal. this is about 30 minutes. decade alone, the world has changed dramatically, the rise of non-islamic terrorism and the widespread distribution of digital technology, the financial collapse. amid this enormous change, what do you think the leverage that the united states has for foreign influence has? guest: well, the main lever in international politician today is economic power. it's not that military power doesn't count. it still does count and it counts a great deal. but the major change in world politics from the 21st century where we are now to all previous history is that g.d.p. or gross domestic product or economics now counts more than military might. and, susan, here's the proof if you can have proof in this business is that for the first time in history we have a global power that is not a global military

james zogby has a book that is extremely relevant at this time. his book is right here. he would love to sign them for you. we can also get an online if you go to his website which is aai.com which is currently posted in several countries. his out reach is massive and very important to all of us when we look at the politics of this could country and these last couple of years. what i thought i would do was start the conversation on a few topics. i would like our distinguished guests to join in. oh, one more guest. who did i get? >> of john zogby. >> i just did john zogby. for anyone who did not hear this, we have an extra plug. do you have a deal? did i get everyone? adam keeps me straight. i hope i did not do anything wrong, but for give me if i did in advance. i want to throw this out. on tuesday, the republicans won 61 house seats and came very close to controlling the senate. this is the third change election in a row. 2006, 2008, 2010. i would like to open this up to our folks here and hear from you exactly what message the voters were sending on tuesday night. who

. >> tonight on book tv's "of a words" jai words" james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes and discusses the findings. part of this weekend's nonfiction books and authors on c-span 2. >> this week marks the 47th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. this weekend we will talk with gerald lane and clint hill two former secret service agents whose job it was to protect the president on the events of that day. the theories about the assassination and the new book. that is on q&a. host: isabel saw hill is with the brookings institution. she is here to talk about entitlement reform. before the break we read a piece from an article that you had done with greg enry talking about the deficit and entitlement reform. you said that the growth of entitlement was unsustainable. on an unsustainable path. why did you say that? guest: we have these tremendous deficits right now and more to come. if you project out into the future, the national debt will continue to grow to unheard of levels. and if we don't do something about that we are going to have another economic crisis or

james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes and the war on terror. part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors, starting thursday on c- span2. >> here are some programs c-span is airing thursday starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern. academy award winning actor jeff bridges talks about his work reducing youth home burke, jane goodall on her love of nature and animals, chief justice john roberts on the role of the supreme court and lawyers discussed the impact of retired justice john paul stevens and former president bill clinton presents the liberty award medals to tony blair. thanksgiving day on c-span. "washington journal" continues. host: david malpass joins us from new york to talk about the role of the federal reserve. he is a former deputy assistant treasury secretary and former deputy assistant secretary of state. welcome to the program. caller: good to be there. -- guest: good to be here. host: the fed has started quantitative easing to lower interest rates through treasury purchases. for those who barely got through economi

. >> this weekend on both tv, with polling data from eight arab countries, james zogby questions stereotypes about the world and 9/11. this is part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. take a look at the new members of congress with the c-span video library. every new member is listed with their district map, the campaign finances, and any appearances on c-span. all free on your computer any time. it is washington, a doorway. more than 300 kids aged 11 through 18 gathered in the british house of commons last month for use parliament. they debate sex education in schools and the rising cost of university tuition fees. it was the first time anyone other than members of parliament debated in the commons. >> colleagues, please be seated. welcome to this, only the second ever sitting of the u.k. youth parliament here and in the chambers of the house of commons. as you will have heard already, because the point has been made, on the -- on july 21 of this year, the house of commons voted to allow the u.k. youth parliament to meet and debate for the remainder o

. >> tonight on "afterwardords," james zogby discusses his findings about the middle least. that is part of this weakens nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. >> this year student documentary competition is in full swing. make a video on this year's theme, washington, d.c., through my lens. up load your video before the deadline of january 20 for your chance to win that part of the grand prize. go online to studentcam.org. >> earlier this week, the american enterprise institute hosted a discussion on efforts made in the next congress to repeal the health care law. we will hear from former white house budget officials and speakers from the centers for medicare and medicaid. this is one hour, 15 minutes. >> good morning. i am delighted to welcome you to today's symposium. we are joined by our good friends of the national review institute which is headed by kate o'beirne. we're looking forward to a lively discussion all morning in three different areas are will tell you about in a minute. the election obviously has mandated sweeping change. the question is, what exactly is t

. >> this weekend on "after words," james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes, the war on terror did he discuss the findings with barbara slavin, who covered the war for "usa today" at "the washington times." academy award-winning actor jeff bridges talks about his work to reduce youth hunger. jane goodall on her love of nature animals. chief justice john roberts on at the supreme court. and retired supreme court justice john paul stevens. former president bill clinton presents the liberty award metal to tony blair. thanksgiving day on c-span. the c-span network spirit we provide coverage of politics, public of -- fares the c-span networks. we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, history. find our content any time through c-span's video library. we take c-span on the road without digital bus -- with our digital bus and content vehicle. washington your way. the c-span networks, now available in over 100 million homes. treated by cable, provided as a public service. "washington journal" continues. host: our final guest, dr. anthony fauci of the centers for disease control

. >> this weekend on booktv's "after words," james zogby questions muslims about stereotypes and the war on terror. he discusses his findings with barbara slavin, who covered the middle east war "the usa today" and "the washington times." starting thursday on c-span2. videos year's studentcam competition is in full swing. make a five-to-a-minute video on this year's theme, washington, d.c. through my lens. upload your video by the deadline of july 20 for the grand prize of $5,000. for more on the rules, go online to studentcam.org. >> yesterday the comptroller of the white house's financial management office discussed the steps the federal government is taking to control spending within the agency, including looking for waste and fraud in current operations. he keeps these remarks at a symposium held by an organization of private sector and state budget officers. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> we are going to go ahead and get started. my name is john stehle. welcome to the symposium. today we conclude a celebration of 35 years of service with aabpa. were fortunate to get in this

. >> this weekend on "afterwords" james zogby questions muslims on stereotypes. part of our extended holiday weekend of nonfiction books and authors. the c-span networks. we provide coverage of politics, political affairs, nonfiction books, and history. it is all available to you on tv, on line, and social networks. we take c-span on the road with our digital boss local content vehicle, bringing our resources to your community. the c-span networks, now available in more than 100 million homes. >> this year's studentcam video documentary contest is in full swing. make a five minute to 8 minute video on this year's subjects, washington, d.c. through my lands. for all of the rules and how to upload your video, go online. >> tomorrow morning on "washington journal" isabel sawhill on reforming medicare and medicaid. and national journal of environmental reporter amy harder on the latest the regulations. sunday on "newsmakers" former senator norm coleman. he is now part of the american action network, which spends money on conservative candidates. he talks about the fu