. >> in more than a dozen books, jonathan kozol has analyzed and critiqued the american public education system. sunday he'll takeour questions live on booktv's "in depth." >> and now a health care town hall meeting with virginia congressman jerry connolly. he's a freshman democrat representing the state's 11th district located just outside of washington d.c. this two hour event was held as a senior citizens' center in springfield, virginia. >> well, good afternoon, everybody. i can't for the life of me figure out how to get this many people to my meetings. [laughter] so, but i am, i do want to welcome everybody here today. our residents, our guests, the media, the folks on our panel, certainly. i'm congressman connolly, we welcome you today. this is a very exciting time. we find ourselves as a community very often right in the middle of some of these discussions and these debates and the part of the political process. it's a very exciting place to be, and i have no doubt that today is going to be a model for how to do one of these, to have one of these discussions and to have a town hal

mo than a dozen words jonathan kozol has analyzed the public education system. next sunday he will take your questions live. >> chris mooney best selling author of the "the republican war on science." he claims the scientific illiteracy of americans is thatening the futurof the country. the university bookstore in seattle, washington hosts this event. >> thanks, everybody. i'm fortunate to get to come to talk to seattle a bunch. i'm glad to have so many sponsors, and i'm glad to see all of you here. let me tell you how the book came to exist. you hrd that in the year 2005 iublished another book that a lot of people know, "republican warning signs." i do like to disclose, there was no intention on the part of the ill traorred that image of the elephant and my name. the new book is really the sequel to that. granted, i wrote a book in between. but is is sequel. it's written for the obama years in much the "republican war" was written for the bush years. we've gone from 2007 when the elephant has trampled the test tube of science to twin where the test tube is stil

. >> national book award winner and jonathan kozol has critique the american education system.e will take your questions live. >> tonight, texas republican john culverson shows how his constituents can stay connected using technology. host: 10 miles from the u.s. capitol in arlington, virginia is the va hospital center. it is a 350-bed not-for-profit medical center. we are live there all week to get a perspective on health care debate. we are live in the emergency room with the president and chief executive officer, as well as the chief doctor of cardiac surgery thank you for being here. as president and ceo, mr. kohl, what are your responsibilities? guest: it is analogous to being the general manager of the hotel, but in a much more complex environment. we are responsible for making sure all of these support services are available for physician and staff. also, i work closely with the medical staff on our quality initiatives, improving quality, also in the financial management of the organization. host: what are the revenues of the hospital in a year? guest: last year in + $28

. >> in more than a dozen works, national book award-winner jonathan kozol has analyzed and critiquedc education system and sunday will take your questions live. >> topics at today's white house briefing includes an upcoming report on the situation in afghanistan from the top u.s. commander there. press secretary robert gibbs also talks about the debate over health care legislation. this is about 35 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. welcome back. just one quick scheduling announcement, on tuesday, september 15, the president will address the national afl-cio convention in pittsburgh. and with that, our a.p. personnel, hold on, divert the cameras over here. yep. tuesday, september 15,>d[çóÑi b wayÑztoÑi ask the obvious -- ca you repeat the announcement, please. >> i didn't know. you were here the whole time. fire away. >> is the president still asking israelis to stop all settlement building in the territories? >> obviously, i think the president's views on this have been made clear, there's been no dirq and i think the -- i do think senator mitchell has had productive meetings ove