into jill lepore's marvelous book.welcome, if you're here for the first time, particularly want to take but a little bit about allowed which is present by the library foundation of los angeles those you already our th members, supporting the losu'd angeles public library, our thanks to you but if you like to find out more about how the thes library foundation supports work of los angeles public library all over the city from resources for veterans, for honoring veterans this month to adult dril literacy programs into a children's programs. is a great way to support the library and get this boardme, we allowed to get to become a member for the first time we dou have a couple of jo's books that we can get you going to choose a our bookshelf.our forms to our format tonight is a conversation between jill lepore and alex cohen. and after the conversation they will open to younv for questions raise your hand and bring the tt mic around really do ask a question and that you just ask one per customer. we would appreciate it. a

please join me in welcoming alex and jill lepore. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much, everyone, for coming out tonight. i have to say i've done a number of these chats at aloud, and i was never as excited as i was when i heard would you like to talk with jill lepore about wonder woman? [laughter] yeah. we're going to do that in just a moment, but my first question, jill, please forgive, is not for you, it's for our audience. how many of you grew up in some way, shape or form be it the comic book, the tv show, the animated tv shows, grew up with wonder woman and thought she was awesome? well, of course. thank you. [laughter] now, here's something interesting i found out today. jill lepore was kind of -- eh -- on wonder woman growing up. i was convinced it was going to be, yeah, i had the lyda carter -- >> i had no cred. >> i had a crush on patrick duffy on the man from atlantis. [laughter] 2k50ur78 do you remember that? he had the little yellow trunks, speedos? [laughter] so that's why. >> yeah. >> i was distracted by the boy. [laughter]

at 12:30, see the feminist side of a super hero as jill lepore searching the secret history of wonder woman. at 7 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their read be habits. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at nan, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choice and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10, wormer fwhbs news anchor, tom brokaw, on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. than 50 years of repo world events that's this christmas dane at c-span networks. >>> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. up next, we take you inside the house wing of the u.s. capitol to learn about the history of women in congress in the second of a two-part program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman clare boothe luce. >> i'm farrah elli

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jill lepore researches super woman. pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits, and on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern the fall of the berlin wall with c-span foot j of president george bush and bob dole. with ronald reagan. at 12:00 p.m. fashion experts on first lady's fashion choices. then at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. each week we go to historic sites around the country. baltimore's ft. mchenry is celebrated as the birthplace of the star-spangled banner where american forces with stood an bombardment. but the fort played an important war in the civil war, world war i, and beyond. next, america history tv explores the history of ft. mchenry after the star-spanked banner. >> my name is vince bass. i'm chief of interpretation here at ft. mchenry national monument, the birthplace of "the star-spangled banner." one of the questions we good are the cannons that were used

and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero, as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder woman. at 7:00 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> about 50 years ago on august 10th, 1964, president lyndon johnson signed the gulf of tonkin resolution, which in lieu of a declaration of war gave him broad powers to wage war in southeast asia. that resolution was passed by congress in response to an august 2nd attack, and an alleged august 4th incident in the golf of tonkin involving u.s. destroyers and vietnamese tor

am steven , 10:00 pinker. 12:30 pm, jill lepore. on c-span3, 8:00 am, fall the berlin wall. first ladies' fashion. later in the day, tom brokaw. journal" is next. a look at today's news and your calls. the director of the national museum of african american joins us on "q&a." at 8:00 pm, discussion on the the justice y and system. the chief this hour, economist on the national association of realtors, lawrence yun. also, correspondent sharyl attkisson on her book, "stonewalled: my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation, and harrassment in obama's washington." ♪ >> good morning, everyone. congress is on holiday break, and president obama is on vacation in hawaii. in new york, ity police officers are on alert across the nation. divide the we will lines. law enforcement, we want to hear from you. please call us.

and then jill lepore and the secret history of wonder woman. and on american history tv at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. then first ladies' fashion. and then tom brokaw on his years of reporting world events. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >>> each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places to learn what artifacts reveal about history. it opened in 2004 on the national mall in washington, d.c. we visit the nation-to-nation exhibit focusing on treaties between the united states and native americans. she explains that in the late 1900s the government made treaties with the six nations of the iroquois. >> i'm suzan shown harjo and i'm cheyenne and muskogee and founder of the american museum of the american indian. and guest curator, proudly so of the nation-to-nation exhibit and general editor for the book of the same title. i first proposed the nation-to-nation exhibit in 2003, and i was thinking just a few months ago, that we would just

then, venture into the art of steve pinkerwith thethen jill lepore six secret history of wonder woman. then on c-span3, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span coverage from president george bush and bob dole. ladyon experts on first style choices. at 10:00 p.m., tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. schedule, go to c-span.org -- for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back. we will wrap up the show with your thoughts on the killing of the two new york police officers and the call for unity from the mayor of new york as well as police departments being on high alert. law enforcement we want to hear from you. -- number is 202-78 202-748-8000. the phone lines are open. on can join facebook, twitter, or e-mail us. we will get to your thoughts here in a second. first i want to show you what the new york mayor yesterday had to say at a news conference about the way forward. [video clip] i also think in a democracy people express their desire for a more fair soc

then the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore looks at the secret history of wonder woman.ul and others talk about reading habits. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. the fall of the berlin wall with foot tanl of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. choices@rnÑ how theyxktpt reprd tjws styles of thef;ntÑ andhyzç at 10:00, former nbc n anchor tom brokaw on more than 50 years of reporting on world events. this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c-span and the senate on c-span 2 on c-span3 we complement the coverage by showing you the most relevant congressional hearings and public affairs events. on weekends, c-span3 is home to american history tv with programs that tell our nation's story including six unique series, the civil war's 150th anniversary visiting battlefields and key events. american artifacts, touring museums and historic sites. history bookshelf with the best known american history writers. the presidency, lookin

and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero, as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonderwoman. at 7:00 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush, and bob dole. with speeches from presidents john kennedy, and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times in which

at 12:30, see the feminist side of a super hero as jill lepore searching the secret history of wonder woman. at 7 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their read be habits. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at nan, fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choice and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10, wormer fwhbs news anchor, tom brokaw, on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events that's this

and see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the history of wonder woman. pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span 3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, tom brokaw on his more than 50 years on reporting events. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> each week, american history tv's american artifacts visits museums and historic places. 200 years ago on september 11th, 1814, british and naval forces clash for 2 1/2 hours near plattesburg, new york. the battle was the culmination of six days of army and navy conflict. up next, we travel to plattesburg where david fitz, the war of 1812's most decisive battle. takes us to kiey locations to tell the story. >> pilot joseph baron, september 11th, 1814. battle of plattesburg. this is a battle that's lost to american

at 12:30, the feminist side of a superhero, as jill lepor looks at the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall, with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidency john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they live. at 10 a clock, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >> in his weekly address, president obama discusses jobs and the economy and his administration's legislative accomplishments. in the republican response, representative mike kelly of pennsylvania talks about energy policy. >> hi, everybody. as 2014 comes to an end, we can enter the new year with new confidence that america is making significant strides where it counts. the steps we took nearly six years ago to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation helped

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the art of good writing with steve pinker and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder woman. at 7:00 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3, at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at ten o'clock, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next biography lee craig talks about secretary of the navy josephus daniels as a key member of president wilson's cabinet he built up the fleet for war. the talk is about an hour.

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and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder 7:00 p.m. author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. author sean mcmeekin talks about the events in 1914 that led to war, and how it might have turned out differently.

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the art of good writing with steve pinker, and at 12:30, see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore discovers the history of wonder woman. and authors discuss their reading habits. and on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from president john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion and words on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the times in which they live. then, tom brokaw. that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. coming up, live on c-span, "washington journal" is next. and at 1:30 p.m. eastern, president obama holds the year-and press conference. coming up in about 45 minutes on "washington journal," daily beast contributor gordon chang discusses what is next for north korea leader kim jong own and the country's suspected involvement in the hacking of sony computers. at 8:30 a.m., michael toscano looks at the rules and regulations for drone technology. at 9:15, lynda laughlin of the u.s. census bureau and krist

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and at 12:30 see the feminine side of a super hero as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder woman. and at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the follow the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches for presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for the complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> each week american history tv's american artifacts takes you to museums and historic places. >> i'm don richard, the senate historian, and we're in the senate caucus room which is in the russell senate office building. before c-span started covering the senate in late 1986, this was the most famous room in the capitol, and in the capitol complex, because this is where the major hearings had been televised going back to the -- well, newsreels covered it back in the 1920s and '30s, but televisio

the art of good writing with steve pinker and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder woman. at 7:00 p.m., author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3, at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon fashion experts on first ladies' fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at ten o'clock, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for our complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. coming up next biography lee craig talks about secretary of the navy josephus daniels as a key member of president wilson's cabinet he built up the fleet for war. the talk is about an hour.

eastern, venture into the arm of good writing. 12:30 jill lepore explores the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first lady fashion choices and how they represented the to -- the styles of the time they lived. that is this christmas day on the suspend networks. -- on the c-span networks. >> before heading to hawaii, president obama held a year and news conference to take record -- to take questions from reporters. this is 50 minutes. >> hello everybody, we have a full house today. let me say a little bit about this year. in last year's conference i said 2014 would be a year of action and a breakthrough year for america. and it has been. yes there were crises we had to tackle around the world. many of them were unanticipated. we have more work to do to make our economy, our justice system, and our government work not just for the few but for the many. but there is no doubt that we can en

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at 12:30, see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore seeks the history of wonder woman. pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage with president george bush and bob dole and speeches from john kennedy and ron reagan. first lady fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times they lived. at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> "american history tv" visited the macarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. the author talks about japan's military involvement and rises as a global power during world war i. describing japan as one of the few countries pulled into the conflict as an ally, rather than because of a colonial relationship. this is about 50 minutes. >>> okay. we'll shift our focus here a little bit to east asia. professor frederick dickinson

and at 12:30 see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the secret history of wonder woman. at 7:00 p.m. author pamela paul and others talk about their reading habits. and on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from president's john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on first ladies fashion choices and how they represented the styles of the times in which they lived. and then at 10:00, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule go to c-span.org. >>> american history tv >>> american history tv visited the mcarthur memorial in norfolk, virginia, which was hosting a symposium marking the world war i centennial. author sean mcmeekin talks about the events that led to war and how it might have turned out differently. he argues against the idea that an arms race between germany and britain provoked the war. instead, he des

and then the feminine side of the superhero, as jill lepore explores the history of wonder woman. on american history tv on c-span 3 at 8:00 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole, with speeches from presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on fashion choices and how they represented the style of times in which they lived. nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with senior correspondent of "the daily beast," shane harris, the author of a new book, "@war: the rise of the military-internet complex ." the timing of this could not be more relevant. let's begin with north korea. what do we know about their internet going down? who was behind that? guest: it is still an open question, although some people would be motivated to think it is the u.s. government. taking down north korea's internet is not that technically har

then the feminine side of a superhero as jill lepore looks into the secret history of wonder woman. authors talk about their reading habits. on american history tv on eastern,at 8:00 a.m. the fall of the berlin wall with footage of president george bush and bob dole, speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. fashion experts on first ladie'' fashion choices and how they reflect the styles of the times in which they live. and then, former nbc news anchor tom brokaw in his years of reporting on world events. christmas day on the c-span networks. for complete schedule, go to cspan.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: and we are back with sharyl attkisson, author, investigative journalist. new book came out in november, "stonewalled: my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation, and harassment in obama's washington." remind viewers why you left cbs this past year and why you wrote this book. guest: the short version is there's nothing left for me to do. we specialized in investigative reporting and in the last couple years those stores had a difficult i

jill lepore searches the secret of wonder woman. talking about reading habits. american history tv on c-span three at 8:00 eastern, the fall of the berlin wall was george bush and bob dole with speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. experts onshion first lady's fashion choices and how they've represented the styles of the time. at 10:00, tom brokaw on more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is this christmas day on the c-span networks. for complete schedule go to www.c-span.org. on monday, the un security council held a meeting to discuss the human rights record. rightsarted on the human situation on the agenda. representatives of china and russia voted against. to refer to the human rights situation on that human -- human national criminal court . reviewing whether to put north korea act on the list of state sponsors of terrorism. this is just under two hours. >> the professional agenda for the meeting is the situation in the democratic people's of korea. does any member of the council wish to speak on the subject? i will get the floor now

then see the feminist side of a e looksro as jill lepor into the secret history of wonder woman. c-spanican history tv on three at 8:00 eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of george bush and bob dole, with speeches from john kennedy and ronald reagan. at noon, fashion experts on her slighty fashion choices and how they represent the styles of the time they lived. tom former nbc news anchor brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that is christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete digital, go to www.c-span.org. >> coming up, we will take you like to the united nations security council meeting on north korea and. north korea will not be attending this meeting. during a meeting last week of the entire u.s. general assembly, 116 out of 189 countries voted for a resolution to accuse north korea of crimes against vanity. the security council today will be debating whether to refer north korea to the international terminal court. as a member of the council and ally of the country, china could use it ito today. north korean leaders hav

and see the feminist side of a superhero as jill lepore searches the secret history of one woman. at 7:00, authors talk about the reading habits. on american history tv on c-span3 at 8:00 eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with c-span footage of president george bush and bob dole. with speeches from president john kennedy and ronald reagan. experts onshion first ladies fashion choices, and how they represented the styles of the times which they lived. news anchorrmer nbc tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of running on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org o. >> from reuters, today a story on two new york police officer slain in a fair retribution -- in apparent retribution. hiskiller post of intentions on instagram before killing two new york city police officers who sat in their patrol car outside a housing project. the virginia senator tim kaine tweeting the senseless killing of two nypd officers last night -- absolutely heart breaking. thoughts and prayers with their families and loved ones. congressman al

on c-span2, turn to the art of good writing with steve pinker, and at 12:30 jill lepore searches thesecret history of wonder woman. author pamela paul talks about her reading habits, and on american history tv on c-span3 at 8 a.m. eastern, the fall of the berlin wall with speeches from prime ministers john kennedy -- from prime ministers john kennedy -- presidents john kennedy and ronald reagan. and then at ten former nbc news anchor tom brokaw on his more than 50 years of reporting on world events. that's this christmas day on the c-span networks. for a complete schedule, go to c-span.org. >> the u.s. has special envoys for sudan and south sudan and for israeli/palestinian negotiations among others. the u.s. institute of peace is hosting a discussion today on if using special envoys works in addressing international conflicts and what should be done to bolster the effectiveness of these envoys. it's live at 9:30 a.m. eastern on c-span3. >>> a little later one of the most efficient ways to provide health care to military personnel, their families and retirees and how can the coverage

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