it is called ever ancient, ever new and it is written by john quinn with the great american intellectuals and it studies the structures of the catholic church and how best to reform them. it is a very large bureaucracy and we very often ask why is it the way that it is and how can we do this better. i think that all institutions can and should go through the reforms. this is a very thoughtful book. it is an addition to many other books that we have written and published. and this has to do with the former archbishop emeritus of san francisco. >> let us know what you are reading this summer. we us at booktv and post on our facebook page or send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. here is our lineup for prime time tv tonight. starting at 7:00 p.m., watch an interview with conrad black. at 745, ralph nader talks about his most recent book. a selection of his opinion columns. at 9:00 p.m., mary eberstadt argues that the western world has lost god and has had an overall decline of the traditional family. at 10:00 p.m., lawrence leamer talks about his book,

. >> john: on the new york city mayoral race, christine quinn is losing steam to anthony weiner.l released today said weiner leads quinn 25% to 20% among registered democrats. again that's only 45% of the people who can vote, but what are we thinking about this rise for weiner. rick start your puns. >> well, i think he's been very handy with using a lot of quinn's format. she said all kids to get a tablet. he's going to say all kids want a tablet and show my penis. and then remember my penis with the it's not proportionate to my little body. >> john: you say that helps him? >> he's the kim kardashian candidate. notoriety matters more than substance. no one knows. >> look, i am with randy. >> john: randy? he's been on this show. >> i know, randy shouldic on every debate and on the ballot because he's talking about poverty. he's talking about stop and frisk. he is talking about how to live in new york where real new yorkers live, living wage, i love randy. >> of course, he's a millionaire like bloomberg. >> john: there is that. >> but i think anthony weiner, i think that just shows

they were secretary of state john kerry is among those labeling snowden a traitor for leaking the classified information r.t. has spoken to rick for quinn who is the founder of the swedish pirate party which is linked to wiki leaks now he believes that the united states is diverting attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on the man himself. when you look at how us politicians are reacting to this both in the executive and legislative branches they are reacting by the book they are not talking one bit about the subject matter the u.s. has been caught doing but we're breaching the world's trust frankly but instead trying to divert all attention onto edward snowden as a person on his cloak and dagger game and what a fascinating game it is where is he where do you where did he go did he check not chicken is still at the airport has anybody seen him at all is very fascinating game it's very media friendly and therefore it works to divert attention but that's not what i think we should be doing what we should be concerned about is the fact that for example glenn greenwald the journalist at the guardian who has been publishing t

quinn has fallen from the lead. bill thompson, the democrat that ran against michael bloomberg in 2009 at 13%. the public advocate, bill demrazzo, with 10% and johnr poll showed a throw-way tie. quinn at 19%, weiner at 17%, and thompson at 16%. some are drawing parallels to 1977. a wild race that played against the back drop of son of sam killings. and in that race, seven democrats ran in the primary, and ed koch didn't even crack 20%. it is fascinating that when weiner first got into the race, running at 15% and conventional wisdom, that's the ceiling. all downhill from here. i don't know if this says anthony weiner is a talented retail politician, he has made himself into a contender into mayor of new york. >> i think it is mayor of new york recognition. i'm on record saying weiner will not be the mayor of new york. i admit i could be wrong about that. but i think none of the other candidates has caught fire or put together the kind of coalition that they need to, but there is constitutional a lot of time, and he loses in a head-to-head with quinn. once we get the -- >> that's the other issue. in new york, if nobody gets 40% in the primary, the

also the birthday of playwright harvey fire stein collin quinn and happy 50th birthday to eric cantor who serves in congress as yago to john boehner's othello if othello was orange. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." oh, to be gay in love, and in minnesota. same-sex couples began showing up to apply for marriage licenses today in three counties in the land of 10,000 lakes. for friends and relatives of the happy couples still wondering what to buy from their registries, well you have until at least august 1st when the same-sex weddings are slated to begin. right now, 12 states and the district of columbia have marriage equality on the books and based on the latest polls more states may be on the way to the 21st century. according to a bloomberg news poll 52% of american adults now support allowing same-sex marriage and when asked if legal recognition of marriage equality was inevitable a pew research center poll shows nearly three out of four americans say yes. and that's true for democrats republicans and independents. so, it seems like bad news for opponents of marriage equ

quinn you mentioned. bill de blasio bill thompson, anthony weiner and john lew, are they the big five? eing a relative term here. hilarious story last week on yahoo! that christine quinn had only sold about 100 copies of her memoir. what if you wrote a memoir and nobody bought it? how depressing. >> did your life really happen? she's got an interesting story to tell. whether it is worth $19.95, i don't know. but yeah, she's from a kind of hard scrabble classic new york long island blue collar union family background. you know, has talked about how she went through a period of alcohol abuse and bulimia and you know, is gay and married would be both the first woman mayor if elected and the first gay mayor if elected. you know, she's also been extraordinarily close to bloomberg the past seven eight years, which is both her greatest political strength and liability. particularly in a democratic primary where the electorate is going to be considerably left of center. there are a lot of people sick of bloomberg. >> bill: i did see that the -- one of the teacher's unions at least has come out

john: i don't know. it is going to be interesting. you know, everyone thought christine quinn had it locked up but you can't keep weiner down. [ laughter ] gentlemen, start your puns, you know. he deserves it. listen you're allowed to make anthony weiner pun jokes because the greatest sex scandal in d.c. history with no actual sex but he came out and tried to say because he has this silly last name people hack him and send these pictures out. i'm like whoa, anthony weiner, my name is fuglesang. it very well may happen. clearly, he's the most charismatic of the candidates. people are starting to remember why they enjoyed watching him on cnn. >> bill: absolutely. nobody fought harder for a lot of the issues you and i believe in. if he gets there i think he will do a good job. john fuglesang, proud to be part of your team, my friend. >> john: thanks so much, bill. >> bill: john fuglesang host of "viewpoint" on current tv. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." this show is about analyzing criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the