as we told her prize-winning investigative jo becker enter books sub pour inside the fight for marriage equality in at "the new york times" veteran takes readers to the latter stages of as what some call the new civil rights movement culminating in the supreme court's decision to strike down the defense of marriage

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as we told her prize-winning investigative jo becker enter books sub pour inside the fight for marriage equality in at "the new york times" veteran takes readers to the latter stages of as what some call the new civil rights movement culminating in the supreme court's decision to strike down the defense of marriage act. this program is about an hour. >> host: it's wonderful to be here today. we have so much to talk about so before we get started i thought it would be useful to share with people our format which is that i want to start a little bit by asking you about how you came to write the book and the experience of being embedded in and step back and talk about the frame of the book and what you're covering here and get back to the particular assertions you make in the book. you talk about. the book is called "forcing the spring" with the subtitle inside the fight for marriage equality and to get inside this fight as you say to fully embedded yourself with the team the activists and the lawyers and plaintiffs who challengechallenged california's proposition 8 which was the course th

jo becker, thanks so much. >> thank you for having me. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day. the same storm front that spawned tornadoes this week, triggered heavy flooding across the florida panhandle and coastal alabama. some places got 26 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. the dow jones hit a new all-time high of 16,581. iraqis went to the polls to pick a new parliament, for the first time since u.s. troops left in 2011. scattered violence killed five people. and in northern ireland, police arrested sinn fein leader gerry adams in the abduction and killing of a belfast woman by the irish republican army in 1972. >> ifill: on the newshour online right now, what was once a treasure buried in the basement of saddam hussein's intelligence headquarters, is now in the temporary custody of the u.s.'s national archives. but who really owns the thousands of jewish documents and ancient spiritual texts found in baghdad? it's turned into a battle between iraqi jews around the world, and the nation that they were forced to flee. on our world page, you can read more about it

. >> guest: is part of history to space one reviews says jo becker starts her book and then backs itup. what is revolutionary about what has happened is a group of people decided favor bring federal litigation against the people working on these issues. and i would love to do talk to you more about it is the concept of time. some people say it all turned out fine. to say he did not want to be the co-counsel. and that as ben made up to that point. but by the end listening to the arguments that he thinks it will be fine because time has passed but the justice kennedy clerk calls of talks about the time element and chuck cooper because he believed it was his interests the same time as the doma case. >> host: so do you believe or releasing he started a revolution of marriage equality? >> guest: with the steps that day took. it is revolutionary the way that -- that what happened as a result was the eagerness public education vehicle built around litigation and that attracted to everyone from the first lady former communications director to the press secretary, annette was of relief fascin

jo becker a what some call the new civil rights movement. sunday night at 9 p.m. on "after words." it is on c-span 2. online, our book club collection. join other leaders in the discussion at book tv.org. >> on tuesday, state department officials testified by security and trade between the u.s. and mexico before the house foreign affairs committee unity discussed the high numbers of weapons smuggled from the u.s. to mexico and drug trafficking, including increased -- this is just over two hours. >> i'll ask all of the members if they could take their seats at this time. if hearing is on the future of u.s.-mexico relations. the future look at of u.s.-mexico relations, we witnesses we'll hear from shortly. i will make an opening statement . makemy colleague will their statement. this committee is working to change this. in december, the western hemisphere subcommittee held an important meeting in arizona on facilitating trade between the two countries. the ranking member has had a in theed interest western hemisphere, particularly in the u.s.-mexico relations. you will all be watchin

stop california's prop 8 to the supreme court decision to strike down the defense of marriage act, jo becker on what some are calling the new civil rights movement tonight at 9. on "after words." part of three days of booktv this holiday weekend on c-span2. and online our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member and community activist luis j. rodriguez. join other readers in the discussion at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. may 29th-31st booktv will be talking to authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show, bookexpo america, in new york city. on june 7th and 8th, we're live from "the chicago tribune"'s print beers low lit fest -- printers row lit fest. during that same weekend, the first sacramento black book fair will take place from june 6th-8th. then on saturday, june 21st, the franklin roosevelt presidential library will feature numerous author talks on the 32nd president. look for our coverage of the roosevelt reading festival on a future weekend. let us know

stop california's prop 8 to the supreme court decision to strike down the defense of marriage act, jo becker on what some are calling the new civil rights movement on "after words," part of three days of booktv this holiday weekend on c-span2. and online our book club selection is "it calls you back." join other readers in the discussion at booktv.org. >> now on booktv, kwame anthony appiah recounts w.e.b. dubois' time sent as a -- spent as a student at the university of berlin. this is about an hour and a half. >> so, first of all, thanks for coming out on a rainy night. and thank you for, to anthony appiah and colonel west for being here. it's an honor. i'm just going to say a few introductory words about our distinguished guests, and then also about anthony appiah's new book, "lines of descent." which, of course, we're here to celebrate tonight. i've asked professor appiah to tell us just a little bit about how he came to write the book, and the conversation will go from there. okay. so it is our very good fortune to have both anthony appiah and dr. cornell west, truly two of this country

california's prop eight to the supreme court decision to strike down the defense of marriage act, jo becker what some are calling the new civil rights movement saturday night at 10 eastern and sunday night at nine on "after words," part of three days of booktv this holiday weekend o on c-span2. and online our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member and committee activist luis j. rodriguez. join other readers in the discussion that booktv.org. >> the u.s. senate voted thursday to advance the nomination of david barron to sir on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. mr. barron has written legal memos justifying the use of unmanned aerial drones. next, senator rand paul explained his opposition to the nomination while senator ron wyden defends mr. barron. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today in opposition to the killing of american citizens without trials. i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise today to say that there is no

. >> from the first attempts to eight -- to stop prop eight and the defense of becker, act, jo tonightt 9:00. our book club selection is "it ."lls you back join other readers in the discussion at the tv.org. host: joining us from ,ndianapolis, daniel dellinger retired army officer and national commander for "the american -- for the american legion. thank you very much for being here. guest: thank you for having me. host: last week president told us what would happen in the a facilities. arember of investigations going on. another one is by rob neighbors. congress is also looking into that. on this first report, what do you expect him to tell the president? a good question. the assessments around the country are an extension of what has been going on in this country for many years now. there have been 50 reports already from the ig. that is one of our contentions, the fact that the secretary has with thoseything reports to confess -- correct the deficiencies that are resulting in the deaths of veterans. why is that? he is obviously a retired army officer general himself. he understands

on afterwards jo becker takes readers through the supreme court decision to strike down the defense of marriage act. nan robertson was on book notes in 1992 to discuss her experiences as a woman working for the new york times. you can watch an encore presentation of that interview this weekend. and a dogfight, how apple and google went to war, and started a revolution. also featured is weekend books on cesar chavez, ronald reagan and iran's nuclear threat as well as books by authors michio ka kaku, katie kelly, and glen greenwald. all of this and more on this memorial day weekend, three days of booktv, television for series readers. for more information on this weekend's television schedule visit us online at booktv.org. >> next on booktv a panel on the u.s./mexico border from the 2014 tucson festival of books. this