. >> i would ask you about john weiner his new book coming out later this month called on the house, a memoir sitting down drinking a glass smoking a cigarette and talking about his former colleagues and in the book he refers to boston who represented minnesota six congressional district since 2007 and made a name for herself came to meet me in a busy. in late 2010 after the election she one a seat on the ways and means committee one of the most powerful in the house i told her no diplomatically in her response was, matter of fact. then i'll just have to talk to sean hannity and everybody at fox and rush limbaugh and mark levin and everybody else on the radio and tell them this is how john weiner is treating the ipeople who made it possible fr the republicans to take back the house, i was not one with the power i just thoughtou i was, se had the power now and she was right of course, john painter talking about talkshow host including those on fox news and at the blaze.com. >> to me it did not matter how many books we sold i'm so glad that we sold more than john painter, we live in an

. >> john weiner served as the 53rd speaker of the united states house of representatives. from january 2011 to october 2015. during his tenure he led the drive for smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. he grew up in a large roman catholic family in southwestern ohio. he attended an all-male high school in cincinnati before earning a degree in business from xavier university. he took a job at a plastic company new site sales where he became president. in 1984 he was elected to the ohio house of representatives and remained in office until his election to the house of representatives in 1990. he represented the eighth congressional district of ohio in the u.s. house from 1991 - 2015 serving as house minority and house majority leader prior to being named speaker of the house. weiner now serves as strategic advisor llp one of the law and public policy firms. his appearance with us this afternoon is fortuitous for us given the enormous notoriety about his book and his public comments over the last week. without further ado, ladies and gentlemen please h

john weiner, the house leader there was saying they didn�*t realise what a clown car, as he put it, hepublican colleagues were determined never to compromise with obama because they thought that was wrong in principle. in a sense, the dilemma president obama faced is still there for president biden. ~ ., , president biden. well, that is what progressives _ president biden. well, that is what progressives within - president biden. well, that is what progressives within his i what progressives within his party are saying. they say the republicans didn�*t play fair then, they won�*t play fair now, so why should democrats make any concessions? joe biden did come into the presidency saying he wanted to work in a bipartisan way, and he does seem to want to continue that. we know he�*s continuing to hold bipartisan meeting groups of lawmakers after he makes this speech, to do with the proposal he�*s made to get their input. so he is still trying to do that, but we�*ve also seen that joe biden is willing to move ahead without that republican support in terms of the covid relief bill. he did th

committee, berries of the candidates and thought brought him pictures with bush, john mccain, with john weiner, any number of 99% of them were republican leaning rights in the early 2000. he got his picture taken with a lot of them. i think he did that for a number of reasons, when you can show that picture to people, to put some of these pictures on business cards, it showed, it helped stand the charity up and making it look legit. why would people stand next to him if it wasn't legit? but i also think part, seeing how far he could get away with it, there's this aspect to the commander that he seems to like feeling important, feel he's part of something bigger, be part of world history i think by standing next to these people, he was able to live out that story in his mind. >> obviously as you said earlier, they said jeff, the first day of the story but this side he spent a lot of money on booze but jeff, i want you both to answer this, the excuse he picked, hugh was smart enough to say he worked in the cia knowing the cia would not say if somebody is a former member. >> he dives into the rec

then former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio reflects on his time in congress ande republican party. an investigative journalist amanda ripley shares her thoughts on how people can engage in healthy conflict resolution. that all starts this evening at 9:00 p.m. eastern on book tv. find more schedule information @booktv.org or consult your program going. >> hello everyone welcome to the book forum i am can't i have a pair of exceptional guest to discuss the infiltration of political objectives into market systems like finance and the accumulation of capitol. before we get into the program i've to quick reminders for the audience. first, we are recording this and it will be made available on our website and youtube. we encourage you to change the presentation to give us fee

here's a look at some books been published this week and on the house, former republican congressman john weiner recalls his time as speaker of the house. activists in prison abolitionist peterson reflects on his life and this time in prison on bird on cage were in the triumph of nancy reagan "washington post" columnist looks at the former first lady's political life. also being published this week in york or staff writer patrick keefe reports on the family's wealth that was built on pharmaceuticals which included valium and oxycontin and empire of pain. former united states solicitor general and clinton impeachment special counsel kenneth starr suggest religious freedom is being threatened in religious liberty and crisis. and an nuclear file historian provides a history of the cuban missile crisis. find these titles this coming week wherever books are sold not for many of the authors in the future a book tv on cspan2. >> book tv on cspan2 has top nonfiction oaks and authors every weekend. tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern club at university law professor jamaal green looks at america's approach to i

nancy pelosi is that map is she runs at caucus like an iron fist gorged john weiner in his book todayures in our part of assessing donald trump calling mitch mcconnell a dumb s ob in front of his own party leadership this past week and part i will take the democrats out of it was sought out a mar-a-lago any day. support just goes to show, peter, both parties have real issues. but thank you democrats have been better about projecting unity. see like joe biden coming in when his the crack open up to a chasm? what is the issue? >> it's real easy to project unity when you have just one control of both chambers of commerce and the white house. and you have also decided money isn't real anymore, right? this is holding the parties together at the moment they've all basically decided to discard any pretense of fiscal responsibility. that allows them to do everything for everyone instead of walk into the kitchen and paying off all the cooks the dormant in the guy bringing out his table he's paying off all of the different elements. for a while right? it's some point you run out of other people

then former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio reflects on his time in congress and the future of the republican party. an investigative journalist amanda ripley shares her thoughts on how people can engage in healthy conflict resolution. that all starts this evening at 9:00 p.m. eastern on book tv. find more schedule information @booktv.org or consult your program going. >> hello everyone welcome to the book forum i am can't i have a pair of exceptional guest to discuss the infiltration of political objectives into market systems like finance and the accumulation of capitol. before we get into the program i've to quick reminders for the audience. first, we are recording this and it will be made available on our website and youtube. we encourage you to change the presentation to give us feedback. we have an opportunity end of the hour for quick three or four question survey. and seconds, i want to share your questions with our speakers. in fact that is my primary role today. i encourage you to use a q&a function found the bottom of the screen or to send me an e-mail

. >> john weiner served as the 53rd speaker of the united states house of representatives.m january 2011 to october 2015. during his tenure he led the drive for smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. he grew up in a large roman catholic family in southwestern ohio. he attended a

. >> john weiner served as the 53rd speaker of the united states house of representatives. from january 2011 to october 2015. during his tenure he led the drive for smaller, less costly and more accountable federal government. he grew up in a large roman catholic family in southwestern ohio. he attended an all-male high school in cincinnati before earning a degree in business from xavier university. he took a job at a plastic company new site sales where he became

and on the house homer public and congressman john weiner recalls his time as speaker of the house.n prison abolitionist marlin peterson reflect on his life and his time in prison in bird and caged. and in the triumph of nancy reagan, "washington post" columnist karen looks at the former first lady's political le : : : my name is carolyn osteen and i'm here to welcome you here tonight. this is going to be a very interesting program. their two ways to -- depending on your device they will be at the top or the bottom of your screen first the chat function. please use it now. tell us where you are joining from and if you

then former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio reflects on his time incongress and the future of the republican party . an investigative journalist amanda ripley shares her thoughts on how people can engage in the conflict resolution. that all starts this evening at 9 pm eastern onbook tv . find more schedule information at book tv.org or consult your program guide. >> i everyone, i'm sam. thank you for joining us to celebrate the publication of the newest book from anne lammont. anne lammont is the author of the best-selling books including small victories, some assembly required and bird by bird as well as several novels including rosy and imperfect birds . a past receiver of the guggenheim fellowship and inductee into the california all fame, joining and tonight in conversation is glennon doyle, author of the number one new york times bestseller untamed, a recent books, club selection which has sold over 2 million copies. she's also author of the number one new york times bestseller love warrior another book club selection. and after this patron saint of empowerment,

then former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio reflects on his time incongress and the future of the republican party . an investigative journalist amanda ripley shares her thoughts on how people can engage in the conflict resolution. that all starts this evening at 9 pm eastern onbook tv . find more schedule information at book tv.org or consult your program guide. >> i everyone, i'm sam. thank you for joining us to celebrate the publication of

those four american diplomats in benghazi, libya back in 2012 happen the republicans set it up, john weinerg what happened in the ben ghazi and it wasn't about problems in the middle east so why not confine this committee, it's a big deal, what happened on generate six when you had this insurrection in the capital. >> insurrection and the capital and you had political violence but last year and you had a good friday and officer killed for political belief right on that capital as well. if you are now going to put a commission together why wouldn't you look at all the problems? jillian: you won't agree to a commission and unless it has a broader scope. >> i looked for the commission and asked for it but speaker pelosi has made it. chris: i'm asking if you would focus on the right at the capital. >> this is too important to negotiate in the press and not sit down with the other leaders and walk-through to solve this problem for the american public. chris: i've got to ask —- [laughter] leader mccarthy, thank you. thank you for your time and please come back. always a pleasure to talk to you. >

on the effects of gun violence on children former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio investigative journalist amanda ripley. find schedule information about tv.org. or consult your program guide. we now join book tv in progress. >> and it is the greater fear of failure. it's the greater fear that something is going to cause them to look bad. that is really what it is about. >> i think that's a great answer first of all. and because you brought him into a love-hate pulled him into that program how that made the program work. i would love it if you told that story that's a great one. >> is doing a program edward teller who is the creator of the age but. in fact he used to be stationed at the hoover institute where you are. he wrote a book at the time and he only wanted us to ask questions from the book. told my boss this is going to go bad. he wants to start as i said on page 33 he recited the title of his book it said no no no it will be fine it will be fine. to try to make it seem a little bit better, he had a great admiration as you know. the hbo t4 the russians. thi

the claims and trust placed in him and ultimately betrayed the trust and that is former speaker john weiner who said, january 6 was clearly an attack attempted to stop the county to vote. it's important for people to realize a fundamental part of the constitution and ask who we are as americans is a rule of law. the election wasn't stolen, it was a judicial process. if you attack the judicial process, you have attacked the rule of law. that was liz cheney, secretary republican congress. house republican leaders, not democrats. exciting and encouraging domestic terrorists to attack the capitol of life bipartisan is a majority in the house and senate and constitutional and necessary to convict former president trump including false statements disqualify them holding future office. former president trump. department of justice issues accountability for the attackers, fbi director decided the attack is political terrorism. so far, hundreds have been charged in federal prosecutors in the private sector is likely the most complex investigation ever prosecuted by the department of justice. today's

weiner out of their lives. but that's how quickly she dispatched someone in a situation similar to this. >> right. and you have situations that are in no way similar to this, like al franken, johnore serious. they just had to leave. the democrats, they see the behavior of their caucus as a reflection on them. maybe republicans do, too. but they just don't care, as they've shown over the previous four years. they approve of kind of egregious sexual misconduct and degradation. something that is worth keeping in mind, we've learned that matt gaetz showed naked pictures of some of the women that he's alleged to have slept with, or some women that this other guy is alleged to have provided to him. he showed pictures to people on the house floor. and there's no indication -- i guess at one point there was a reprimand. but certainly nobody spoke out or told him this was inappropriate. >> michelle goldberg, we'll wait for the leaks matt gaetz is promising us. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much. >>> and coming up in tonight's episode of defendant trump, professor laurence tribe will join us and tell us what he thinks are the most powerful lawsuits facing donald trump, where

on the effects of gun violence on children former republican speaker of the house john weiner of ohio investigative journalist amanda ripley. find schedule information about tv.org. or consult your program