years ago to of course not only reading the books but also think they turned it into the movie john parker to star trek and some of the other science-fiction but i love history and i know back in high school and college to me it was important because you look at it the wheel has been reinvented and it's a matter of rearranging things so you look at the discovery of things it's a lot of rearranging if you look at history there's a lot of ideas you come up now and create a new niche and come up with a new idea and therefore you sparked a new innovation and creativity whatever the area might be. >> what are some of the tools you are using so you can add reading into the schedule that iwhatis the sum of the innovatiu are using? >> i love the ipad. there are different apps and so i always look at what's out there and one will give you summaries of books and you can either take the option of reading or do it by audio and then if you are interested in looking at the whole book but it will give you a snapshot and at the end it will give you the message what is the take away from this book and they

on book tv, stephen clifford, former ceo john mack in broadcasting bookny, talks about his "the ceo pay machine." dr. willie parkeralks about his book "life's work: a moral argument for choice." >> we push back on the morbidity of abortion. we push back on the claim it is dangerous. we have not made the case that women have and people who are making decisions about reproduction, to process that occurs in their bodies that is within their agency has human beings to make those decisions. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. >> washington journal continues. host: jonathan brater joins us now, counsel for the democracy program. he is here to talk about the presidential commission on election integrity and their efforts to obtain voter data from states. thank you for being with us. guest: thanks for having me on. host: the commission says its goal is to look at voter fraud. it sound like a weather pursuit -- worthy pursuit, for that gives you a lot of concerns. what are they? guest: this commission has been dubious since its inception. it was formed in the wake of president trump's claim that 3 mil

parker. that's the power of and. >>> newly sworn in chief of staff john kelly and embattled attorney general jeff sessions. joining me now is hakim jeffries of new york, of the great burrough of brooklyn, i say, where i reside. let's talk about the move john kelly just sworn in moments ago. you'll see it play here in a moment. general kelly as chief of staff, good thing for america? >> hopefully. the first 6 1/2 plus months of the trump administration has been characterized as chaos, crisis and confusion. sort of like circus atmosphere that has not put forth, you know, any policy proposals in a meaningful way. >> put fourth proposals. you think it's a good thing for america? all of us want to see government working. it's broken right now. if he can restore some semblance of responsibility and get the president of the united states under control, it will be a good thing for the american people. >> he has serve this had country and given this country his all, his own son, who died fighting for this country. i'm hearing we're waiting for video. you tweeted over the weekend that the president is, quote, a sick

john paul de jurorio, that's next time. we'll see you then. ♪ >>> and by contribute bugs to your pbs station from viewers li you, thank you. >>> good evening from los angeles, i'm tavis smiley. mary-louise parkerits the best of both worlds for an actre actress. these dominated stages -- she's dominated stages in new york london and now los angeles. from "proof" to her current role in "heisenberg." she's also known for a powerful on-screen characters, whether it was "weeds," "the west wing," or "angels in america." she joins us to discuss the play "heisenberg" now in l.a., her career as well as the upcoming stephen king drama "mr. mercedes." we're glad you've joined us. a conversation with mlp, mary-louise parker, in just a moment. ♪

john singleton. >> we're sitting on a bomb. >> they let these people off from the attempted murder of rodney king. i told everybody it's going to go down. >> no justice, no peace. >> i was at parkerthe police headquarters at the time when the verdicts were announced. the crowd began to gather. it began to turn more and more violent. parker center has a glass entrance and people were throwing rocks at the doors. i was inside with the police commissioners and they were searching for gates. the gates were unreachable because they were at a fund-raiser. >> i was standing in front of parker center trying to protect the building and my wife said are you watching television. they're beating a guy up in the middle of florence and normandy. >> terrible pictures. >> in our living rooms we saw reginald denny smashed with a big cement block. >> there's no police presence. >> it sent a message that this is a free for all. there's no police. there's nobody that will stop you. people poured into the streets and the violence spread from that. >> no justice. no peace. >> where's lapd? what's going on here? once you don't control something like that early on. it explodes and continues to explode a