>> yeah. >> i like golf. >> jim clark is on a mission.s to serve more of america's youth with programs that will help them achieve their dreams. but as executive director as the boys and girls club of america, he is very aware of the challenges confronting america's youth. >> the statistics we all read and hear about every day are challenging and i think we spend a lot of time and rightfully so concerned about the success of kids in america. we all know that the graduation rate for kids across america is dismal. 25% of kids this year will drop out of high school. >> every 26 seconds a child is dropping out of high school. that's staggering. so, what do the clubs do to try to mitigate that and try to stop it? >> well, our vision is for all kids coming through boys and girls club to be on track and graduate from high school with a plan for the future. we do it with a very unique club experience that kiona was a part of. caring professional adults, safe environment, having fun, creating expectations and standards and recognition. >> clark sa

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jim crow south. the festival of books live on c- span two and -- c-span2. post your thoughts any time on our book club chat room, booktv.org/bookclub. sheefore she was first lady taught at the clarkenstitute for the deaf. she talked about educating the needs of the disabled. watch our program on first lady breaks coolidge -- first lady grace coolidge. >> we are at the lou henry hoover house on the campus of stanford university. this was the primary residence of the hoovers. she was the one who designed it. she had such a strong grasp of design and how she wanted a house to look, you good though she was not an architect and we are lucky to have a lot of the original drawings, documents, and correspondence of how she wanted the house to look. lou henry's influence came from her travels in the southwest the united states. it is a great legacy of lou henry's. she designed the house, she created it. it was inspired by her ideas and she had very close involvement in all aspects of the house's creation. hoover on c-span and c-span three. >> "washington journal" continues. congressman leonard lance is here to take your questions and comments as we enter day 11 of the government shutdown.