joyce carol oates is the author. ms. oates, we don't often have novelists on booktv on c-span, but this is historical fiction in a sense, isn't it? >> oh, yes. >> how so? >> well, i did a tremendous amount of research, and that was the most pleasant part of the writing into princeton and vicinity in the years 1905 or '6 when woodrow wilson was president of princeton university. >> host: what was princeton like at that time? >> guest: well, princeton at that time, it's a kind offal goer call representation of affluent white, christian america in general and princeton is sort of an exemplary community. and woodrow wilson has a cameo in your book, doesn't he? >> guest: well, woodrow wilson is a principal character, he's in much of the novel, and in a sense, it's about wood wilson. he's confronted by a demon. he's tempted and -- well, i shouldn't say what happens, but he behaves quite nobly in the novel. but he does represent many of the shortcomings of people of his time such as he was a racist, and he was a sexist and othe

told us well we didn't know that joyce i had talked to joyce she lied to me now while we're talking to heather we're reinterviewing joyce detective harrington who'd been in here is now interview enjoys but we don't know what she said we're stuck in here with have so that's a bit of that's that's quite frankly a lot. exhausted and betrayed by her own lying have finally caves in after three hours. later that year to feel better. is there that i understand. why the things i kept saying to her is she would talk about her children and she was afraid her children she would never see her children again their children will grow up without a mother and my point to her was you know what's going to look better what's going to work out better for you if you come in here and lie to us about this the death of your girlfriend or you tell us the truth. i just figured this is it. i'm miles will just tell the truth. yet there isn't one. they went through a lot to get the truth. i went through a lot to tell them the truth i'd told them exactly. i told them. how i remembered it. but i wasn't in the rig

in fact it's a story suggested boyd joyce a friend she called just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i would go to jail so. there's a media lead us so we leave the media. by the scene motions security for your party there's a goal. for suze that no one is there skin with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politicking only on our t.v. . lucky brightness seen clint's first trip to england and i think the term limits live on our employers splitter list the list live in the live lives of plenty . margy dot com is launching a special project to mark the appalling scale of violence in iraq. we want you to know. the police heather to provide more details and she falls into this trap when she tries to act out the scene. oh sure. does. i'm a link this. is where she just who. she's seeing here. actually comes. here. the police want to force heavy into providing the exact details someth

in fact it's a story suggested by joyce a friend she called just after the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i would go to jail for. margie dot com is launching a special project to mark the appalling scale of violence in iraq. we want you to know. live live. live. live legal each. list. the police heather to provide more details and she falls into the trap when she tries to act out the scene. oh sure. i'm not going to this. she's here. actually. here or there in. the police want to force heavy into providing the exact details something they know full well is a nightmare for those who are lying it's ok sure is that. ok so how is her along. to your she get my phone just. because she. doesn't see is there is also a motional that i couldn't even really grasp their questions or even answer them i was trying to but i was lying at first seeing so they knew this so they were trying to get it out of me and i

by the way, kyle, joyce might have better hair. but at 38 years old to your 44, you are way more pretty than joyce. [ appuse ] vander pump, you are the prettiest in beverly hills. so joyce, welcome to beverly hills and we'll be watching. [ applause ] i love all that sophistication and the accent and her man in check and then she got a spinoff show. she looks great in jeans. i love lisa van der pump. [ applause ] there's more custody drama with this charlie sheen and brook mueller thing. arlie reportedly tried to stop brook from having unsupervised visits with their twin boys who are 4 1/2. i agree with this. brook has been to rehab over 20 times, just 30 years old. she's only been out of this rehab for one month. please, if i were the husband or the ex or the baby's father, i would say you can't see them unsupervised for a full year. you've got things to prove. also no overnights. we talked about this yesterday. now, brook has reportedly requested a restraining order against charlie. she's saying that charlie is trying to sabotage

in fact it's a story suggested boy joyce a friend she called just after the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. he put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i wouldn't go to jail. americans also came up with another reason to reach a democracy people wanting to be liberated people wanting to be free reaches also you know part of the message of their revolution no he said you more. than you know these to use. these same sources received ricin for this push you create the conditions you say some country has. one of mass destruction. in the case of the attack is a raid the will is that was that this was a big lie. on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. the shops were always full of goods. but in september leningrad was blocked. one day mom went and saw that all the shelves were empty. in november the. warehouses it was the main storage place for all the food in the city people eating the

in fact it's a story suggested going to joyce a friend she called just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. he put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i wouldn't go to jail. meanwhile in vietnam who cock out the former general director bank financial faces the death penalty for embezzling five hundred thirty three billion dong. that's about twenty five million dollars chopped up for cock and now also this week a former us benefits i confess to complaining or committing some horrific deadly money printing sins many more dogs than five hundred thirty billion were embezzled from the american people according to andrew who are good men to a gruesome bond buying spree that had financially butchered main street america their bloated carcasses fed to the gluttonous changers in the river of devils on wall street i'm sorry said the repentant quantitative easing. right on the scene. first for you and i think pictures. on our reporters twitter.

in fact it's a story suggested going to joyce a friend she cooled just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i wouldn't go to jail. arab nationalism from one end of the middle east to the other was the desire on the part of nasr and the bath party many arabs proposed this the national cohesion was not there and we're seeing that again in syria we're seeing that in iraq we're seeing that the fragmentation of these these movements these rebel movements are leading to the breakup rather than the unification of the arab world palestine never meant a two state solution that's a three state solution if you can't get hamas and fatah to work together let me say how a change could take place on expectedly. the prime minister netanyahu has been very bellicose about it starting a war with iran and the start of a war would probably bring on the u.s. . we speak your language another day and. news programs an

in fact it's a story suggested by joyce a friend she called it just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i wouldn't go to jail. americans also came up with another reason to reach a democracy people wanting to be listening to people wanting to be free reaches also you know part of the message of their revolution elissa knew more. than you know these to use. these same says. for this push you create the conditions you say some country has. been the most destruction. in the case of the so read the words that was the this was the beat life. right on the scene. first for you and i put think you're. on a reporter's twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on my. dilemma to our judge is on its epic journey to such a. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand nine hundred ton two cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers. in a record setting trip

in fact it's a story suggested by joyce a friend she cool to just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i would go to jail. pick your country iraq afghanistan libya saudi arabia israel egypt syria turkey and even iran and then each washington finds itself either the odd man out leaving alone or leading from behind in a muddled path is the us simply out of touch or is history in the region merely being on. a. very hard to make up. once again on here there's a lot that never had that would make their number. one. liz lemon . a. what has that is absolute only acceptable the fragility of a functional system appear to be absolutely dramatic and if we want to never see that again we have to correct the who because if you target on you one scapegoat then the other one are not correcting and you have you do not get what you want which is a much more solid world follow from where. you live in the land was

never --joyce, mind your own business. your daughter can take care of her own life, with all due respect. i noticed last night, first kanye did break the girls' code. you don't text somebody else's husband when you have no business to be texting. she will never understand that for the most part, all she will ever do is be gorgeous woman, but you will not see relationship success until you learn how a woman should act at 40 years old. she's very beautiful and she's even very well spoken, but after a while, that gets tired, especially when you get into your 40s. she's like the girl you do on the weekends, not the girl that you marr we've all been single, honey. an those of us know, we know who we are in terms of the placement and how men look at us. she's the weekend girl. she's not the keeper, unfortunately. and she's a little crazy. so, you know. and then fadre, you make great-looking babies. but fadre, please get off the show. just leave. i hate her story line, you know what i'm saying? i leave the room to brush my teeth

. >> joyce carol oates, do you have any ideas how many books you have sold? >> i have no idea. >> been him an award you have one? >> i don't sit around counting them. no, i don't. >> what is your writing process? >> i tried to write very early in the morning and i basically love to write. to meet it's very exciting. it's literally exciting to write. i feel that i'm organizing thoughts that may be implemented and chaotic, and funneling them to i like to create dramatic scenes. that novel has a lot of history but basically each chapter is a dramatic scene in often it's conversations between people. at the end of the chapter there's anything and then something else at the beginning. when the novel ends it really ends. there's a resolution and the ministry is explained in the last pages. >> has your writing changed in the last 40 years of? >> my writing has changed a lot. when i first began i had long paragraphs of narrative exposition, sort of describing things. now i have much more people talking, much more dialogue and they have monologues, people talking. i t

in fact it's a story suggested by joyce a friend she called just off to the shooting joyce also helps have a change the location of the crime to add weight to her assertion she acted in self defense. put rings on him punched me in the face and then i cut my leg. we thought that would. get me so i wouldn't go to jail. this is my life whenever i'm feeling the lord one of the role as such though can't believe that i still put towards. my first and says it was for the tri be good for . the fortune and able to help others. very probable cause so that these awards. peabody award. i feel i've left the mark. felt. the police heather to provide more details and she falls into the trap when she tries to act out the scene. i'm sure. i'm not like this. she said here. actually. here. the police want to force heavy into providing the exact details something they know full well is a nightmare for those who are learning things ok sure is that. this . is how we look. to you she. just. doesn't see is that it's else so emotional that i couldn't even really grasp their questions or even answer them i was

was joyce ruby back then, nine years old, the niece of a dallas nightclub owner named jack ruby.network television. >> now moves in front of oswald, shot sounds. >> here comes oswald, he's -- he is ashen and unconscious at this time, now being moved in. he's not moving. >> i didn't feel any different except for my last name being ruby and as soon as somebody knew what my last name was they would ask me questions. >> reporter: like? >> "are you related to jack?" >> reporter: when your uncle shot oswald did you comprehend it? >> no, i didn't know him. i'd only met him when i was an infant so i had no recollection of this person. >> reporter: so this is the south field house? >> yes. >> reporter: the instant notoriety was bewildering and frightening to this child in the detroit suburbs. >> i remember hearing shots behind the house. that's when they sent more police. >> reporter: gunshots? >> reporter: those shots led to orders to stay indoors. later came the taunts at school and the friendships that dissolved. >> i had a friend and she was not allowed to come to my house anymore sin

writer and comedian and earring wearer jesse joyce. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> i'm all out of love. i'm so lost without you, greg. >> feeling the same. their perversity calls for diversity. the kentucky medical center, is there any other kind, called on all employees to complete diversity training after somebody came to a halloween party as president obama in a straight jacket. why does it have to be straight? the picture was passed around the office prompting the vp of human resources to send a company wide e-mail apologizing to anyone uh febded. offended. all staff was asked not to wear gender-based and ethnic halloween costumes. and two to the ballplayers at a san diego high school, is there any other kind, jesse, was forced to apologize after darkening their skin and dressing up as members of the jaw -- jamaican bobsled team. for even this year i went as a trampoline. check out my costumes. >> oh my god! trampoline. tox -- oh my god. >> hard to trick or treat when you are a trampoline especially when you have the momentum. >> was t

>> i'm joyce. >> both: nice to meet you. >> thanks for coming. >> do you love it here?> oh, absolutely. >> did you just say that 'cause the cameras are here? >> no. my boss is right there. >> she said that because i'm here. >> because your boss is right there? you don't want to get fired. >> this is our warehouse. we basically have drums that we do all our batching in. >> should i think about this like a big recipe batch... >> absolutely. >> adding ingredients like a mad scientist? >> both: yes. >> okay. >> but we're not mad. we're happy. [laughter] this is a big, plastic tote of castile soap, and it's one of the best castile soaps you can buy. >> so what's something like this cost? >> what is a tote? >> 4 grand. >> 4 grand. >> $4,000? >> yes. >> right. >> how much production can you get out of this? >> just under 5,000 units. >> we don't have a ton of room here, so we're buying one tote at a time, where maybe we need four totes to manufacture, you know, 5,000 to 10,000 units. >> but space is one confinement... >> yeah. >> for not having more of this. what's another con

pbs "news hour weekend" is made possible by judy and josh westin, joyce b. the wall be onning family in memory of ira d. wallick and bernard and irene schwartz, rosalynn p. walter. pacific islanders and communications, corporate funding is provided by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products. that's why we are your retirement company. additional support is provided by -- and by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios in lincoln center in new york. >> good evening. thanks for joining us. the united states and the world's other major powers today hailed the interim agreement struck last night with iran over that country's nuclear program. >> the united states, together with our close allies and partners took an important first step toward a comprehensive solution that addresses our concerns with the islamic republic of iran's nuclear program. under terms of the six-month deal announced in the middle of the night in gen

come from the justice oversight panel that was created in 2002 human resources after the murder of joyce to improve san francisco's - we have antonio please give him an applause he's a valued partner. and bevly a giant champion in this quest and debeyond robert of moorey elizabeth and a also one of our community leaders activists on the issue of domestic violence mr. mel perkins is she here today. and certainly another towering finger kathy black is the executive director one of our most cherished institutes fighting domestic violence and last but not least our friend and fellow advocate kim tyson from the bay legal aid even if ken is not here let's make sure we give him the deserved applause. so oversight panel conducted a safety audit that showed any things among the reforms that's demonstrated here today are several efforts to close the gaps. for example, san francisco as trained police officers and probation officer officers and judges. for limited english speaking and immigrant survivors who are particularly victimized we have expanded those to immigrant community and two trained fi

how about we go to joyce in colorado, joyce? >> caller: hi, jim. how are you? >> all right, how are you, joyce? >> caller: i'm good. i'm calling to talk to you about reliant steel and aluminum. i noticed other companies in this sector went up quite a bit but not this one. what can you tell me? >> that was goldman sachs liking this one. they went after all the ones not doing well. they picked a.k. steel, put letter "x" and thought reliant steel was a winner. it's actually a very good report that goldman put out and i really agree with analysis, there's real cheap stocks in the steel business. can i go to dave in south carolina, please? dave? >> caller: jim, good day from sunny myrtle beach, how are you, sir? >> oh, jealous. that's all i can say, what's going on? >> caller: hey, question on vf corporation. just brought some in, getting ready to do a split, and i'm wondering what your thoughts are on that and maybe where you think it would end up in three years from now. >> it's so funny you ask that. i was going over stocks, i happen to be a huge fan of the ceo.

>> yes, thank you joyce. the report is called vigor than you think. the economic impact is within the u.s. and that study funded by the kellogg foundation points to the enormous impact that is made by microbusinesses. first, 92% of all businesses in this country are micro. 98% of all african-american owned businesses are microand nearly 96% of all hispanic businesses in this country are micro. we are talking about the majority of businesses in this country. overall into aggregate these businesses create or help to create more than 41 million jobs again that is directly, indirectly javafx from microbusinesses. 41 million jobs which is nearly 30% or 31% of all the job creation in this country. so we think it's very important to bring the data that the outside contribution made by microbusinesses really as your example shows can become an economic lifeline for communities. for women we found in the data that women who are using microbusiness as a strategy are able on average to generate a between age and $13,000 more income than those who are not in a mi

before checking of the hotel in the afternoon joyce said she needed to take a nap. >> she noticed that turn and went limp. she tried to wake her up and got help from staff and security. she was on life support at but not for very long they took her off. she was unresponsive. >> reporter: coming up we will hear more about joyce years as an athlete and police your read kron 4 news >>"yes i have smoked crack cocaine, but no. do i? am i an addict? no. have i tried it? um. probably in one of my drunken stupors." >> catherine: after months of denials. toronto mayor rob ford now admits that he smoked crack cocaine. last week the police chief said that a video had surfaced -- showing ford smoking a crack pipe. ford had spent months denying that the video existed. >> catherine: but he said today he hadn't actually lied-- but that reporters just didn't ask the right questions. been charged with a crime. and is 'not' talking about aquitaine. " teen quitting >> catherine: family and friends of the suspect in last night's mall shooting in new jersey - say they can't believe what happened. they say

james joyce was bid. we weren't -- we could do miracles but we couldn't do that one. and also under u.s. copyright law you can use up to a paragraph with attribution without permission. so we didn't worry about that one too much. then we started getting e-mails from caltech scientist thing we misquoted richard heineman, was also dead and couldn't correct it. and we challenge this because if you look on the internet, this is essential to quote you find over and over again, and were asked his guide to validate it and so he sent us a picture from the caltech archives of feynman's blackboard when the original quote was written. and i think it's a much better quotation. what i cannot create i do not understand. it's part of this whole notion of proof by synthesis and if you can't replicate it by building it, you clearly don't understand it. so we acknowledge this, and went back and changed the genetic code in the genome so that richard feynman will rest peacefully with the proper quotation. but what's coming next? you know, this was a proof of principle. we show that we co

joyce and kim from our officer who were recipients of the award.nk you for all the support for our families in the schools. you i'd like to mention that the ninth and tenth grade classrooms will be restoring birds. they'll be joined by sf park sturdyship abruptly the bond society will be there for the bird science database called e go bird and sports the positive change in the community as well as the initiative in our district on friday on the corner of cargo way and linda will bring some you dirt. i'll be up until the time only my ruining shoes running for money dubbed howling moon students have been training and it combines healthy activity with supporting their school on sunder this sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in the presidio edge who wants to join us. the children's fund and public education enrichment you fund b will soon expire. mar ed lee and i are asking for the shaping of the events. we want to know what it will take for our children and youth are there smarter efficient ways that can together help our kids to success. please coup

and fresh from his one-man show, fred gwynn, jesse joyce. and comedian sherrod small. >> hash tag red eye. >> a block, the lede, that's the first story. >> and now, 43 minutes of a battle. >> that's better than it was last night. it is a question all his fans are asking. did he choose to leave or was he fired? yes alec baldwin is gone from msnbc and there are conflicting reports a as to how it went down. hence -- msnbc just issued a statement saying, quote, this is a mutual parting. richard johnson who broke the news says baldwin was fired for a combination of his anti-gay slurs and his behavior toward co-workers. a source says baldwin pissed off staffers by demanding a make up room being used by a woman with cancer who had a sensitivity to hairspray. and when he was told it was impossible he allegedly screamed "i don't give an f" if she has cancer or not. i want that f-ing make up room. i edited myself. so not like him. you know who else does president like cameras? >> finally. >> sherrod was baldwin fired or was it a mutual decision? >> ev

joyce spoke to wjz about how hard it is seeing destruction in the country where she grew up. >> is itficult to watch those images on television? >> you would cry. your heart would be breaking. s really devastating. >> water, food, shelter, medicine, all in short supply. now the city of baltimore is sending members of its emergency management team to help some of the 600,000 people left with no place to live. cpc with the mayor's office of emergency planning speak with wjz by phone. >> i'm going to be there in a planning function. so that's going to be figuring out what resources we have, what we expect to see in terms of the patients, types of injuries and things like that. >> this church will continue to collect supplies until november the 22nd then they will be packed up and shipped to the philippines. >> reporter: phone and internet service is down for much of the island so many of the folks here in maryland with relatives are still waiting for word. i'm mike schuh reporting live. back to you. >> thank you. if you would like to help the rd cross is one of the agencies taking donati

- oh, not yet we'll call them all up first >> next person is joyce pierson. >> oh, i'm expressing my appreciation today to meet with the supervisors here today regarding my application to become a minute of the lgbt senior task force. i'm a resident of san francisco and have lived in the bay area since the 1980s. i've worked in community services funded by age act. my most recently employment bylaw before i become semi retired i was the consultant with the national center for lesbian rights which established the first elder law for lgbt

grow and what is coming with it is news organizations that are doing the job of sif sifting thh the joyceise for is for tt until there. signal. even read it has it's critics. what do you think? keep tweeting at us. aajam stream. i'm a tech and culture blogger and i'm in "the stream". ♪ 3450*uz r ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ , >> wil hewelcome back we are spg about the founder of the social media read it. they got a lot of heat for banning gawker. how can read it be an open preglobal playground while excluding contributors. aalexus. we had sub read it mote moderate othermoderatorsdeciding they die tweets. it's a decision made by the creator of the sub read it. it's a decision of someone that wanted to create that sub. one of the mechanisms that wee biwebuilt into this because thee are 6000 sub ree read its if you don't agree with how they are running a sub read it you can go out and create another one. >> last april during the boss tobosstonbostonbombing a lo lots identified innocent people. >> investigating these bombings is just not a job for the crowd even if technology makes it possible. omar we have a

so new richies were carlton and joyce should bring plenty of manis, pedis in season four. fire up the bag of microwave popcorn and watch people deal with their first world problems. >> i just want a normal life -- >> to newton bravo. >> and james dean never got a face-lift. but now the movie that made him famous has. >> how much does hollywood love a nip and tuck? they couldn't resist restoring 1955's "rebel without a cause." introduced at the los angeles county museum of art this weekend. by leonardo decaprio. it will be out on warn are home videos for the holidays. burning like the heart after rebel. on the hot list. >> james dean is the interessential romantic movie idol. >> romance is often born out of bore dom. >> romantic movies and their literary counter parts on the break down. >> do you want to dance with me? >> sure. >> "the notebook" is one of the best selling books by nicholas sporks. here are movies we bet you didn't know came from novels. >> you look nice. >> thank you. >> i wasn't flirting with you. >> didn't think you were. >> ""silver linings playbook"" bu

joyce was no way over. clearly they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time. and sold to the u.s. so turned over to the u.s. for. the soul that could be buried alive. was saved with great over. and they wanted to turn me into a terrorist so it was to be one of me to admit that i was a member of al qaeda and the taliban but i fought with them. not about time i didn't even know what al qaeda is nevertheless there are people. brave enough to start a fight. something is going to be done that's going to be done by me in the span of a short amount of time to do it but it's going to impact me i'd be prosecuted but it's not going to impact. the wife my daughter. the one time or trapped on our t.v. . if you. got no opportunity. start to construct your own. bit. don't want to be gangstas in a lot of. dog they don't want to blow with all the time that the kid came to be we can see. you just heard as i was like oh probably the hook. but i said. i don't want to die i just really do not want to die young young a. common watch any college face. and. a pleasure to have you wi

- oh, not yet we'll call them all up first >> next person is joyce pierson. >> oh, i'm expressing my appreciation today to meet with the supervisors here today regarding my application to become a minute of the lgbt senior task force. i'm a resident of san francisco and have lived in the bay area since the 1980s. i've worked in community services funded by age act. my most recently employment bylaw before i become semi retired i was the consultant with the national center for lesbian rights which established the first elder law for lgbt people. i was trained as a legal advocate in the 1970s in a special project by the california department of aging to are a parallel and community organizer for seniors in general and i worked in that capacity for many years. i came out as a lesbian in my 40s and when i moved here in 1988 i was pressuring my gratuidegree. i would like to say i served in another position and was active and traveled around the country for the educational advocacy for the rights of lgbt people and during that period i spoke with numerous national organized having to do wi

grow and what is coming with it is news organizations that are doing the job of sif sifting thh the joyceo noise for i for the significant until there. signal. even read it has it's critics. what do you think? keep tweeting at us. a ajam stream. i'm a tech and culture blogger >> this isn't a new channel, this is a watershed moment in media for america. >> this entire region is utterly devastated. >> people our here are struggling. >> the fire jumped the highway we took earlier. >> your average viewer want's to actually understand how the health care law is going to help them or hurt them. >> they know they can get extremist bickering somewhere else. >> people say that we're revolutionary. our revolution is just going back to doing the best in journalism. >> this is the place to go watch high quality journalism, period. an america tonight special report. as states try to save money, are prisoners paying the price? >> what are you talking about, he's dead. >> an exclusive investigation into prison health care. >> i'm phil torezz, coming up next on techknow. >> hike! >> america's favorite sp

grow and what is coming with it is news organizations that are doing the job of sif sifting thh the joyceo noise for i for the significant until there. signal. even read it has it's critics. what do you think? keep tweeting at us. a ajam stream. i'm a tech and culture blogger (vo) al jazeera america we understand that every news story begins and ends with people. >> the efforts are focused on rescuing stranded residents. (vo) we pursue that story beyond the headline, past the spokesperson, to the streets. >> thousands of riot police deployed across the capitol. (vo) we put all of our global resources behind every story. >> it is a scene of utter devastation. (vo) and follow it no matter where it leads, all the way to you. al jazeera america. take a new look at news. power of the people until we restore our freedoms and rights. on this occasion i would like to honour the memory of those who have fallen, and i appreciate and pray to those who have been injure injured, offering condolences to their families, assuring them that their blood will water the tree of freedom for the homeland. here

joyce carol oates is the author.we don't often have novelists on booktv on c-span but this is historical fiction in essence. spent i did a tremendous amount of research and that was the most pleasant turn of writing. woodrow wilson was president of princeton university. >> what was princeton like been? >> princeton at that time and it's kind of -- a representation of affluent and white christian america generally and princeton is sort of an exemplary community spent woodrow wilson has a cameo in your book speak with woodrow wilson is a principal character in. the novel is about woodrow wilson. is confronted by a demon. he's tempted. i shouldn't say what happens but he becomes quite noble in the novel but he doesn't rub that many of the shortcomings of people at the time such as he was a racist. he was a sexist and probably his most principled was he thought he was anointed by god,. >> to what? >> be a leader. he was annoyed by god. i don't think it's not uncommon for people to feel, politician and statesman. spin wit

the event celebrates the joyce of adopting a child and encourages people to consider welcoming fosterhildren into their homes. mayor vincent gray and news 4's barbara harrison were among those who took part in the ceremo. >>> bitter cold tomorrow and a we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ the question is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ >> there's a bomb on the plane. there's a bomb on this blown bleep plane. if it takes off i'll blow the [ bleep ] plane off. >> a man started shouting there was a bomb on his plane after officers tried to remove him. a spirit airlines flight had just arrived from ft. lauderdale lastifying. frie flight attendants asked police to meet the plane at the gate saying the man had been disruptive through the ent