so i think he -- i actually -- if he knew john reed, i don't know at this point in time. he knew people who who we were socialists and part of that. reed started tragic in his own way and because norman started with a different path. >> to what extent that what has been going over in europe for three years. would that send a bad influence as opposed to what he thank you and arthur. >> sure, it was huge. world war i was unbelievable. 1.8 million germans, 1.7 million russians, 1.4 million frenchmen i mean the deaths were astonishing. even in the u.s., the u.s. lost about 50,000 but really the fighting only lasted six months. they were losing 820 men a day. that is just unbelievable. evan was over in scotland and in london a little bit. he thought he saw men come home without limbs and things like that and also what it was like to be in london where the bombs are flying. but every man responds to violence and every culture responds to violence in different ways. he was wounded on the front but he remained a proud of what he had done and did and thought it was the right thing

president nixon john dean discusses watergate with bob woodward on "after words," and our prime time programming continues with adele levine who recalls her time as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> booktv asked, what are you reading this summer? >> i try to keep a lot of different things going, and some of the books i'm reading is "lincoln's boys," the secretaries' impact on the administration. reading "founding of brothers" about how they actually did some things that are off the normal record, so that was really interesting to me. one that is sort of interesting in the latter context is a week called "roosevelt's secret war," and it's about the starting of our international espionage and how he started that in a real hodgepodge kind of way. so that's made an interesting read especially in light of all the things going on currently with the nsa and cia and the things that we have, pertinent perspective. another one i'm reading is "obama's enforcer," probably my most political book of the scherr, current political -- summer. but i think it goes to the heart of what we're doing in congress and the executive bra

reed, you've heard marie. we've heard from the president, from secretary of state john kerry. there does not appear, in the senate or in the american public, a desire for anything resembling an open-ended commitment. yet we have the humanitarian crisis on sinjar mountain, the battle with isis. we have the situation in the political world of iraq. how does america accomplish its objecti objectives? >> first the president acted to protect american interests particularly in erbil. when that city was threatened we have american diplomats there, other personnel there. american interests, american lives. second, he recognized there was a humanitarian crisis with people trapped and actually being attacked by the isil. that will be, i think, rather short in duration until those people are evacuated. the key issue is the issue of the political situation in baghdad. and that is something that we have to respect iraqi institutions, but we also have to make it clear our presence. and the president has done that. it's encouraging to note they have elected a speaker and a president and the

reed and 7 year old terrence moore. they were the children killed when a carjacked s.u.v. barrelled into them as they manned a fruit stand in tioga. john rawlins live outside of the church tonight. john? >> we're told the church can hold about 1,000 people. it was packed. it was a day of pain, of grief and path. family and loved ones gathered, as did elected officials. . here said they were strangers but felt it was important to come feeling the random killings could happen to anyone. >> i am the mother of three kids and this city is really getting bad with all of the violence. >> three caskets, three siblings. 7-year-old terrence moore, his 9-year-old brother, thomas reed, and big sister, 15 year old keiearra williams. the three cut down by an out of control s.u.v. driven by a carjacker. not among the grieving is the dead children's mother, keisha williams hit by the same vehicle remains hospitalized. a very loving and involved mother says one of the teachers. >> extremely involved in school. walking her children to school every day to make sure they were safe and nothing was going on and she came back to school and picked them up. >>

reed. guy is a first-round pick in 72. first punter to be inducted. played 14 years, won three super bowl rings. his 23rd year of eligibility, a long time coming presented by john madden. >> i hope i inspire young people to achieve their dreams to one day play in the nfl and maybe even be elected into the hall of fame. it's been a long, long over due, but now, the hall of fame has a complete team. >> congratulations to ray. let's head down to stanford. women's tennis. semi finals, serina williams facing andrea who eliminated her sister in the quarter. the battle in the first set but finishes with an ace. takes it 7-5. worn down, serina cruised in the second. cracked in winner. serina advances to the finals again. long on match point. 7-5, 6-0 advancing to sunday's final. >>> firestone country club in ohio. the opener shot up the leader board with four under 66. perfect read for the birdie. he jumped second, just three back. garcia started the third round. after a course record 61 yesterday, 367 today, he's the leader at 14 under. >> coming up at 11: 0, reaction from the quakes. can't wait to hear what it is like to play out there. fun for everybody. >> sweet fi

reed army medical center. you'll also see todd aiken defend his controversial rape comment and books on dietrich bonhoeffer, johnegroponte and the last days of the confederacy. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on c-span2. booktv, television for serious readers. >>> up next, author, doctor and former texas congressman ron paul. the three-time presidential candidate talked about u.s. foreign and monetary policy and the rising popularity of libertarian ideals. the host of internet's ron paul channel is the author of several books including "the revolution: a manifesto, "and "the fed" and "the school revolution."book >> host: dr. ron paul, in your book from 2011, "liberty defined: 50 essential issueslled that affect our freedom," you write that so-called moderatet politiciansis who compromise and seek bipartisanship are the most dangerous among the entire crew in washington. compromise is too often synonymous with selling out, bue it sounds a lot better. >> guest: it sure does can. moderation always sounds good,od and people want it.

reed, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> all right. we will be talking more about this later this morning with pentagon spokesman john kirby and white houseound for that. >>> right now let's get to christine romans in for michaela for some of the other top stories. >> let's take a look at the top headlines. u.s. officials trying to secure freedom for 43 u.n. peacekeepers detained by armed militants in syria. they are being detained near syria's border with israel following a rebel takeover of the space this week. another 81 peacekeepers trapped in the surrounding area. these peacekeepers are from the philippines and fiji. >> 20,000 people in west africa could eventually be diagnosed with ebola. that's the word this morning from the world health organization. the u.n.'s health agency rolling out half a billion dollar road map to better tackle this outbreak, including treatment centers, community awareness and safe burials for victims. the death toll has now climbed to nearly 1,600. >>> the volcano in papaya, new guinea erupted today sending volcanic ash spewing and smoke as high as the high could see. look at that. communities near the vol

john dean discusses watergate with bob woodward at 10:00 p.m. eastern in our primetime programming continues with adele leavine, who recalls her time as a physical therapist at walter reed army medical center. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. >> what are you currently reading? >> robert wrighton wright now, about devil's game and writes about -- a great historian about our fallacy and our foreign policy, you know, and how we go in and how we precipitate hatred mr. flood the islamist that exist and why it's partially our fault, which nobody wants to hear about that but that is part of the trouble, but very interesting book. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what is on your summer reading list. tweet us, post it to our facebook page, or send us an e-mail. >> here's a look at some book that are being published this week. frank minuter report once gun technology and argues antigun lobbyists are deterring the implement addition of innovation in the future of the gun. british investigative reporter nick davies lays out his findings on the news of the phone scandal, on hack attack, the inside story of how the truth caught up with rupertmer dock. and --