jimmy breslin. >> go ahead. finish your question. >> and if it is about the death of lenin, you seem to be a little attached. >> a little what? >> a little detached. the next american. is there was a bridge. >> james, what is your favorite jimmy breslin column? okay. james, we will leave it there. a reminder to our viewers, turn down the volume on your tv when you call it. >> my favorite jimmy breslin column is probably dead an emergency room one where his work after the jfk assassination is as to mitchell, important because he zigs with other people's ag. the famously interviewed the grave digger for jfk in a column called it is an honor, but in death emergency room when he interviews the attending room physician on duty at the dallas hospital that date. and he recreates his day. the president comes in, given last rites, and with the first lady standing, never crying, just in the back of the room, last line of the piece is, i never saw a president before. but the piece on john lennon is a beautiful piece of wor

. >> yes, you just mentioned jimmy breslin who is, he has always been a good hero to me and is one of my favorite columnists. my other, a couple of my other favorites are bob herbert and jim dwyer from the new york times. one thing that the three of them have in common, they all did a great job of documenting the racism of bob grant, the radio host in new york city on w abc. i think he is still on there. they wrote many times about the connections between bob grant and rudolph guiliani who used to work for. they wrote about how racist guliani was whenever condemning -- >> hold on. wait a minute. wait. perry quickly. >> he was a filthy, felt the greatest. why did you never get guliani to try to disassociate himself from bob grant used to, and luther. >> thank you very much. but the point. >> first of all, bob grant has his own zip code. resiliency had nothing to do with them. i'm offended that this person would throw a round or like racism and apply it ignorantly to reach guliani. people can have this agreement. we do have disagreements that demonize each other, and i think that colore

newspaper columnist jimmy breslin made a similar observation as he watched the strikers and their families gather on long island to rally from two days after the strike began on august 5th, 1981. at precisely the moment they were about to be fired for defying a deadline sought by president ronald reagan to return to work. he wrote that the lament that they were supposed to be fired on the order of the president, these members of the suburban white america all meter traffic controllers and their wives and children became silent and now their fists shot up into the air in with the surprise columnist called a stokely carmichael salute. the 60's were a long run, he mused, but here come he wrote, quote, 13 years and more later suburbanite america finally catches up. here where people from north about longer island shooting their fists into the air in protest against the government. >> book tv interviews former president bill clinton about his recent book back to work why we need smart government for a strong economy. >> president bill clinton, in your new book back to work you talk about fact t

newspaper columnists, jimmy breslin made a similar observation as he watched strikers and their familiesather on long island to rally two days after the straight began august 5, 1981 at precisely the moment when they were about to be fired for defining a deadline set by president ronald reagan to return to work. breslin wrote, at the moment they were supposed to be fired, and order of the president, these members of suburban white america, all these air traffic controllers on their wives and children 18 silent and now their fists shot up into the air and with the surprise column is called a stokely carmichael salute. the 60s were long gone rezulin mused, that year he wrote quote, dirt teen years more later suburbanite american catches up here, where people from north babylon, long island

newspaper columnists jimmy breslin made a similar observation as he watched patco strikers and their families gather on long island to rally two days after the strike began on august 5, 1981. at precisely the moment where they were about to be fired for defying a deadline set by president ronald reagan to return to work. the president will come at the moment they were supposed to be fired, on order of the president, these members of suburban white america, all these air traffic controllers and their wives and children became silent, and now their fists shot up into the air in what a surprise columnist called the stokely carmichael salute. the '60s were long gone, breslin used, but here he wrote quote, 13 years and more later, suburbanite america finally catches up. here, or people from north battle on long island, shooting their fists into the air in protest against their government. these journalists were clearly fascinated by the seeming incongruities of the patco strike, and illegal walkout, by highly trained professional workers, a brazen to find a the president of the union that

newspaper columnists and jimmy breslin made a similar observation as he watched the strike in the familyather on long island to rally two days after the strike began on august august 5th 1981. at precisely the moment when there were about to be fired for defying a deadline set by president ronald reagan to return to work. he wrote, at the moment that there were supposed to be fired an order of the present these members of suburban, white america , all these air traffic controllers and their wives and children became silent. now their fists shot up into the air. what the surprised columnist called least oakley carmichael salute. the 60's were long gone, you used, but here he wrote, 13 years and more later suburbanite america finally catches up. here were people from the north babylon, l.i., shooting their fest -- this into the air in protest against the government. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org we talk now with local birmingham author marjorie white, the author of a walk to freedom, a collection of photos and the civil-rights era in birmingham, alabama. >>

newspaper columnist jimmy breslin made a similar observation as he watched patco strikers and their families gather on long island to rally two days after the strike began on august 5, 1981. at precisely the moment when they were about to be fired for defying a deadline set by president ronald reagan to return to work. breslin wrote, at the moment that they were supposed to be fired on order of the president, these members of suburban white america, all these air traffic controllers and their wives and children, became silent. and now their fists shot up into the air in what the surprised columnist called a stokely carmichael salute. the '60s were long gone, breslin mused, but here, he wrote, quote: 13 years and more later, suburbanite america finally catches up. here were people on long island shooting their fists into the air in protest against the government. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> next, from the heritage foundation in washington, d.c. john yoo looks at the security changes over the last ten years of the war on terror. this is a little over an ho