in the coming weeks, karen greenberg, director of the center on national security at fordham university, will report on the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. eric fehr will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. also coming up, "wall street journal" columnist kimberly strassel will argue the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. and this weekend republican congressman darrell issa talks about his time as chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform. >> congress has given up much of its power. periodically said we'll punt over to the administration. then when the administration takes all the power you give them -- and like most bureaucracies takes more if they can -- we often find our constituents saying, where do we go to get fairness? how is it that unelected officials are making vast amounts of laws? but the other part of it is an interesting one. the courts when addressing the oversight of congress, have always sided with the legitimate requ

eastern, karen greenberg takes a critical look at the lauds eneighted to fight the war on terrorism. and at 10:00 p.m. the life and career of supreme court justice lewis brandeis. we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 11:30 with an interview with senator lamar alexander. he talks about the books that have influenced his life and career. that all happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> somebody asked you for a recommendation for a book about tennessee or tennessee history, what would you recommend? ... readers. here's our primetime lineup: tonight, starting at 7:00, carol anderson describes the >> guest: i am reading a book that robert barwell road, a biography of alex haley. alex haley was in tennessee. he's in the news right now because this is the 40th anniversary, which people may have forgotten was the best watch television show ever, the last episode of hers about 85% of the american television said watched some part of the 1977. alex here they spoke about slavery really told it in such an terms that had been presented for. that has been with the movie. it just jolted the c

. >> this weekend on afterwords, karen greenberg looks at laws to fight terrorism. also this weekend fox news's eric fulling weighs in on the virtues of the united states and carol anderson explains throughout history black progress has been met with resistance. the need for political parties and partisanship, how a jewish vaudeville manager hampered the nazis in the life and career of louis brandeis. there is are a few programs you will see on booktv for complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television

eastern on afterwards, karen greenberg, director of the center national security talks about legal questions arising from follett policies and laws enacted to fight the u.s. war on terrorism in her book rogue justice, the making of a security state state. >> i think it is a part for the american people to understand their nuances to these cases, that not all terrorism cases are the same. there is an entire spectrum of cases from those who are accused of wanting to plot and evidence like the subway bomber in new york to those who are really just aspirational. >> on sunday at 7:00 p.m. carol anderson discusses her book white rage, the unspoken truth of our racial divide which chronicles where black progress in history has been met with what she called white rage. this interest the sanderson suggest that her book opposition of her advancement to black still exists today. go to book booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> c-span's washington journal, live everyday live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on saturday morning, elizabeth associate professor of

at 9:00 p.m., karen greenberg takes a critical look at the laws enacted to fight the war on terrorism. at 10:00 p.m., the life and career of supreme court justice louis brandeis. then we have an interview with senator lamar alexander who talks about the books that have influenced his life and career, all tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> all right, welcome to thee 32nd null chicago tribune printers row lit fest. i want to thank our sponsors. the theme for this year's festival is "what is your story" and we encouraging you to share your stories from the weekend on twitter, instagram and facebook, using the #prlf16. you can keep the spirit of the lit fest going all year round by downloading the printers row app and you can find the premium book contents, free and discounted books and complete printers row lit fest skill. today you get a free ebook and five dollars any lit fest merchandise. today's program is being broadcast live on c-span 2's booktv. we'll leave ten minutes for q & a session so if you have any questions, please line up at the microphone to your

this weekend karen greenberg, director of the center on national security at fordham university, takes a critical look at the legal ramifications of the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. >> you know, the book is really about what happened in the realm of national security. and there have been people who have proposed national security courts, but i wanted to see what goes on inside the courtroom because that's where the issues of guilt and innocence, that's where the issues of the power of the law are most clearly shown and demonstrated. and it's actually fascinating to watch the difficulties that courts have with national security cases. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. and you can watch all previous "after words" programs on our web site, booktv.org. [inaudible conversations] >> all right, folks, we want to get going early tonight because it's not going to get any cooler in this room, i'm afraid. [laughter] i want to apologize before i introduce myself. i want to apologize for the

this weekend karen greenberg, director of the center on national security at fordham university, takes a critical look at the legal ramifications of the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. >> you know, the book is really about what happened in the realm of national security. and there have been people who have proposed national security courts, but i wanted to see what goes on inside the courtroom because that's where the issues of guilt and innocence, that's where the issues of the power of the law are most clearly shown and demonstrated. and it's actually fascinating to watch the difficulties that courts have with national security cases. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. and you can tc

and karen greenberg, director of the center on national security, takes a critical look at legal ramifications of the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. >> the book is about what happened in the realm of national security. there have been people that proposed national security courts but i want to see what goes on inside the courtroom because that is where the issue of guilt and innocence and the power of the law are most clearly shown and demonstrated. it is actually fascinating to watch the difficulties courts have with national security cases. >> after wards airs on booktv every saturday and sunday. you can watch all previous after wards programs on our website booktv.org. >> it is the summer of 1988 and caucus has the wind at his back. if you look at the polling, the critical measures of people like me, he had a decisive advantage over vice president george bush but a deficit on being a credible commander and chief. he was against the -- he was one of the youngest aviators. so he had to build up props to stand toe to toe to be trusted with th

and karen greenberg, director of the center on magzal security, talked about legal questions arising from policies and laws inacted to fight the u.s. war on terrorism in her book rogue justice; the making of the security state. she is interviewed by the author of the black matters. >> it is important for the american people to understand there are nuances to the cases and not all terrorism cases are the same. there is an entire spectrum of cases from those accused of wanting to plot and downward evidence like the subway bomber to those who are aspirational >> and on sunday, carol anderson discusses her book, white rage; the unspoken truth of the racial divide which chronicles where black progress in history has been met by what she calls white rage. the the opposition of blacks still exists today she argues. >> every night on c-span through august booktv is in prime time. tomorrow we highlight our guests on in depth and after wards. it starts at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. >> good evening, welcome to the rr smith center in virginia. my name is rick and i will the president of

university national security center director karen greenberg discusses her book, wrote justice. she takes a critical look at the legal questions arising from policies and laws enacted to fight the u.s. war on terrorism after niall/11. she is interviewed by a member of the supine group and the inside story of 9/11 and the war against al qaeda. >> host: hi karen. another great book i see. rogue justice, the making of the security state. what you mean by the term robe justice? >> guest: rogue justice is the term i gave to the way in which the mechanisms that are supposed to keep a safe from interference from the states, they are supposed to protect the constitution it went off the rails after 9/11 and has failed to come back. so i call it rogue justice because it is out of control, outside of the bounds of the law and seems like a rogue element compared to what we expected or what were used to. >> host: you have a lot of very emotional quotes throughout the book. i know you love going to court, watching all of these proceedings, specially when it comes to terrorism, prosecution. wh

national security center director, karen greenberg, discusses her book "rogue justice" and looks at the laws enacted to fight the rar on terror an 9/11. she is interviewed by ali soufan the author of the inside story of 9/11 and the war against al-qaeda. >> host: "rogue justice," the making of the security state, what do you mean by the term rogue justice? >> guest: "rogue justice" is the term i gave and the goal of the state was to project an off the rail 9/11 and has failed to really do that. i call it "rogue justice" because it is out of control, it is outside the bounds of the law and seems like a rogue elelement compared to what we are expecting and used to. >> host: there is a lot of vivid themes into the book. i know you loved going to court and watching all of these proceedings especially when it comes to terrorist. why did you include them in the book? why do you focus so much on national security courts versus other courts? >> guest: the book is about what happened in the realm of national security. there have been people that proposed national security courts but i wanted to

eastern on afterwards, karen greenberg, director fordham university center national security talked about legal questions arising from policies and laws enacted to fight the u.s. war and terrorism in her book "rogue justice" ms. greenberg is interviewed. >> i think it is important for the american people to understand that there are nuances to these cases that there's an entire spectrum of cases for those that are accused of wanting to plots and evidence like a subway bomber in new york to those who are just aspirational. >> at 7:00 p.m. eastern on sunday, carol anderson discusses her book "white rage" and it chronicles black progress in w history has been that with what she called white rage. ms. anderson suggested in her book that opposition to the advancement of blacks still exist today. go to booktv.org for the complete we can schedule. >> good morning. welcome in the morning. i'm on the faculty the political science department and also a research fellow at the pisa war center. c it is my great pleasure and honor to have the conversation with the 2016 winner of the recipient and winte

karen greenberg talks about legal questions arising from policies and laws enacted to fight the u.s. war on terrorism in her book "rogue justice." as greenberg is interviewed by the author of "the black manners." >> it's important for the american people to understand that there are nuances to these cases. not all terrorism cases are the same. there's an entire spectrum of cases those accused of wanting to plot and found with evidence like the subway bomb er in new york to those who are really just aspirational. >> on sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, professor carol anderson discusses her book white rage. the unspoken truth of our racial divide, which chronicle where is black progress has been met by what she calls white rage. she suggests in her book that opposition to the advancement of blacks still exists today. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >>> saturday night we'll look back at past conventions starting with the 1960 convention in los angeles with the democratic party selecting john f. kennedy as their nominee. >> today for the world is changing, the old era is

in the coming weeks on afterwards karen greenberg director director of the center on national security will report to combat terrorism since september 11. eric fehr will discuss his time in a rack we working as an interrogator or a private military contractor. also coming up kimberly strawser will argue the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. rep. darrell issa talks about his time as chairman on the oversight and government reform. >> periodically said and then when the administration takes all the power you give them and like most bureaucracies takes more if they can we often find our constituent saying where do we go to get fairness. they are making vast amounts

national security center director karen greenberg discusses her book "rogue justi justi justi justice "she is interviewed by ali soufan. >> host: what do you mean by the term rogue justice? >> guest: rogue justice is the term i gave to the way in which had mechanisms that are supposed -- the -- to keep us safe from interference from the state, supposed to protect the constitution went off off the rails after 9/11 and have failed to really come back. so i call it rogue justice because it is out of control, it is outside the bounds of the law, and it seems like a rogue element compared to what we expected and were used to. >> host: you have a lot of very emotional and vivid scenes throughout the book. i know you love going to court and watching all of these proceedings especially when it comes to terrorism and prosecution. why did you include them in the book and why do you focus on national security courts versus other courts? >> guest: the book is about in the realm of national security. there have been people that proposed national security courts but i wanted to see what goes on ins

and at ten on "after words," karen greenberg takes a critical look at laws enacted to combat terrorism. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv.k tv on >> welcome to the 3 2nd annual chicago tribune printers row lit fest. i want to give a special thank you to all our sponsors. the theme of this this year's festival is what's your story, and we encourage you to share the stories you hear this weekend on twitter, instagram or facebook using hashtag prlf16. you can keep the spirit of lit fest going all year by downloading the printers row app where you'll find all of the chicago tribune's premium books content, free and discounted e-books for subscribers and the complete printers low lit fest schedule. -- row lit fest schedule. today's program will be broadcast live on c-span2's booktv. if there's time at the end for a question and answer session with the author, we ask that you use the microphone located to your right so that the home viewing audience can hear your question. before we begin today's program, we is that you silence your cell phones -- we ask that youan silence your ce

eastern, karen greenberg takes a critical look at the lots that were enacted to fight the war on terrorism. at ten p.m., the life and career of supreme court justice, louis brandeis. we wrap up our brandeis. we wrap up our sunday primetime line up at 11:30 p.m. with an interviewer with senator lamarr examined and are in talks about the books that have influenced his life and career. that happens next on c-span twos, but tv. first up is carol anderson. >> we will go ahead and get started. hello and welcome. i am ashamed host of left bank books. i'd like to thank our cosponsor, the ferguson public library. they are a wonderful partner to have such an event like this. left bank books holds 300 authors each each year and it's with your help that we are bringing in more favorite authors. you support us your reinvesting in your community because your tax dollars are going to your schools, parks, streets, libraries, and community projects at an incredibly high rate. we get back to our community by partnering with many charities and organizations, also we are doing our summer fundraising for a riv

karen greenberg from fordham university or or will report on the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. also coming up, eric fehr will discuss his time in the iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. and this weekend manhattan institute senior fellow heather macdonald looks at the state of policing in america. >> what we hear from the black lives matter movement is that cops are racist, that they are in minority neighborhoods and oppressing people in those communities presumably, it would seem, really out of whim or caprice. because there's never any explanation as to why officers would be in those communities. so i am simply adopting a phrase that is often bandied about by black lives matter protesters. i go to, i go to these protests, and i see the signs that say "racist killer cops," "kkk cops." they are suggesting that cops are motivated by racial animus in the law enforcement actions that they take. >> "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sunday at 9 p.m. eastern. you can watch all previous "a

karen greenberg is a civil rights attorney and noted expert on national security. zeshan hamid is president of the council on pakistan-u.s. relations. bill daly here tonight, former agent with the fbi. qasim rashid is a harvard fellow in the department of islamic studies. bo dieformer nypd detective. suhail khan is a republican muslim who worked with the bush administration and with the rnc. courtney emerson is a writer and activist who studied women's rights in the arab world while at princeton. sohaib awan is a muslim writer, and chris johnny is a muslim convert. that is our panel with us tonight. thank you all so much for being here. very grateful to have you. so let's just start with the status of terror today in america. and for that, i'm going to start with our two guests who were in the pulse nightclub and ask you something that so many people have said to me anecdotally over the past couple of weeks, which is can you believe how quickly it has faded from the national conversation? >> i think something like this shouldn't be tooken as a trend. it's not a tre

eastern, karen greenberg takes a critical look at the lauds eneighted to fight the war on terrorism. and at 10:00 p.m. the life and career of supreme court justice lewis brandeis. we wrap up our sunday primetime lineup at 11:30 with an interview with senator lamar alexander. he talks about the books that have influenced his life and career. that all happens tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> somebody asked you for a recommendation for a book about tennessee or tennessee history, what would you recommend? ...

>> this weekend on afterwords, karen greenberg looks at laws to fight terrorism. also this weekend fox news's eric fulling weighs in on the virtues of the united states and carol anderson explains throughout history black progress has been met with resistance. the need for political parties and partisanship, how a jewish vaudeville manager hampered the nazis in the life and career of louis brandeis. there is are a few programs you will see on booktv for complete television schedule, go to booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the shakespeare theater company barred association annual dinner and mark trial. before we begin the trial please take time to silence all electronic devices that may disrupt this evening's proceedings. photography of the trial is strictly prohibited. please join me in welcoming the chair of the barred association, abbe lowell. [applause] >> good evening. thanks for joining us. the annual dinner and mark trial event by the sha

in the coming weeks on "after words," karen greenberg from fordham university or will report on the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. eric fehr will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. also coming up, "wall street journal" columnist kimberly strassel will argue the political left is using scare tactics to silence conservative speech. and this weekend republican congressman darrell issa talks about his time as chairman of the committee on oversight and government reform. >> congress has given up much of its power. periodically said we'll punt over to the administration. then when the administration takes all the power you give them -- and like most bureaucracies, takes more be they can -- we often find our constituents saying, where do we go to get fairness? how is it that unelected officials are making vast amounts of laws? but the other part of it is an interesting one. the courts, when addressing the oversight of congress, have always sided with the legitimate requirement and obligation o

national security center director, karen greenberg, discusses her book "rogue justice" and looks at the laws enacted to fight the rar on terror an 9/11. she is interviewed by ali soufan the author of the inside story of 9/11 and the war against al-qaeda. >> host: "rogue justice," the making of the security state, what do you mean by the term rogue justice? >> guest: "rogue justice" is the

karen greenberg, director center of national security at fordham university will report on steps takeny the department of justice to combat terrorism since september eleventh. also coming up, eric fair will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. this weekend, manhattan institute sr. fellow, heather mcdonald heather mcdonald looks at the state of policing in america. >> what we hear from the black lives matter movement is that cops are racist. that they are in minority neighborhoods and oppressing people in those communities. presumably it would be out of win. there is never any explanation as to why officers would be in those communities. so i'm simply adopting a phrase that is often handed about black lives matter protesters. i go to these protests and i see the signs that say, racist killer cop, kkk cop. they're cop. they're suggesting that cops are motivated by racial animosity and the actions they take. >> afterwards airs on book tv on 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch previous afterwards programs on our website, booktv.org. >> book to

at 9:00 p.m., karen greenberg takes a critical look at the laws enacted to fight the war on terrorism. at 10:00 p.m., the life and career of supreme court justice louis brandeis. then we have an interview with senator lamar alexander who talks about the books that have influenced his life and career,

karen greenberg is joining me director at the center of national security at fordham university law schoolyork and author of "rogue justice, the making of the security state." and joining us cnn military analyst lieutenant colonel rick francona in oregon. welcome to both of you. karen, let me turn to you. the scale of the attacks, the call to attack during ramadan, the death toll. success? >> well it depends on how you look at it. there are some experts who would say that this is what our winning and their losing looks like. so you have a number of things overlapping here. one is the end of ramadan. there was a call for these attacks during ramadan. it ends officially on the fifth and there's a three-day celebration to end it. but you have to fact that isis had been losing ground and they've been losing ground in big ways in the embattled areas in iraq in syria, so there is a sense of desperation that's fitting out into other places. in toigs that because the focus is on the muslim world now, we're not talking about the united states and europe there's a sense of them building on the musli

and it 10 pm eastern on afterwards, karen greenberg director of fordham university center on national security talks about legal questions arising from policies of want to fight the us war on terrorism in her book growth justice: the making of the security state. as remembered is interviewed by holly stephan, author of the black matters. >> it's important to the american people to understand that there are nuances to these laces, that not all terrorism cases are the same, there is an entire special case from those who are accused of wanting to plot and found with evidence like the subway bar to those who are really just aspirational. >> on sunday at 7 pm eastern african-american history professor carol anderson discusses her book white rage, the unspoken truth about racial divide which chronicles where black progress and history has been met by what she called white rage area anderson discusses her book in opposition to the advance of lack movements still exist today. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> this sunday night on q and a, university professor emeritus jam

greenberg, thank you for being with us. it is 5:30 on this saturday morning and we are facing another day of steam heat. meteorologist karenth our hot first alert neighborhood weather forecast. karen. >> all right, ted. you said it. hot is the word of the day, we are in mid summer for sure, so we can expect this sort of weather as we look at our weather story mostly sunny skies today just a few high clouds around and then we are looking for the possibility anyway of

greenberg, thank you for being with us. it is 5:30 on this saturday morning and we are facing another day of steam heat. meteorologist karen thomas is here with our hot first alert neighborhood weather forecast. karen. >> all right, ted. you said it. hot is the word of the day, we are in mid summer for sure, so we can expect this sort of weather as we look at our weather story mostly sunny skies today just a few high clouds around and then we are looking for the possibility anyway of spotty showers later on today. these are not our temperatures, trust me. we might want to be feeling like we are in the 20s, but we are actually in the mid 70s, lower 70s, mid 70s waking up this morning. don't forget your seven day is at the bottom here, just pick your neighborhood and you don't have to wait until the end of the broadcast, you can get your seven-day forecast today. i will be back with more weather details. >>> this morning's turkey's president says he is back in control after an attempted military coup. the night was filled with explosions that you heard there, air battles and gunfire. loyal military and police forces fought w

karen greenberg, director center of national security at fordham university will report on steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september eleventh. also coming up, eric fair will discuss his time in iraq working as an interrogator for a private military contractor. this weekend, manhattan institute sr. fellow, heather mcdonald heather mcdonald looks at the state of policing in america. >> what we hear from the black lives matter movement is that cops are racist. that they are in minority neighborhoods and oppressing people in those communities. presumably it would be out of win. there is never any explanation as to why officers would be in those communities. so i'm simply adopting a phrase that is often handed about black lives matter protesters. i go to these protests and i see the signs that say, racist killer cop, kkk cop. they're cop. they're suggesting that cops are motivated by racial animosity and the actions they take. >> afterwards airs on book tv on 9:00 p.m. eastern. you can watch previous afterwards programs on our website, booktv.org. >> book

this weekend, karen greenberg critical look at the legal ramifications of the steps taken by the department of justice to combat terrorism since september 11th. >> the book is really about what happened in the realm of national security and there have been people who have proposed national security but i wanted to see what goes on inside the courtroom because that's where the issues of guilty and innocence, that's where the issues of the power of the law are most clearly shown and demonstrated. and it's actually fascinating to watch the difficulties that courts have when national security cases. >> after words airs every saturday and sunday. you can watch at booktv.org. >> when you look at a book like this, i mean it should be fact-checked and people should look at that. but, i mean, i think like a lot of books, certainly -- this is -- he was not -- he was politically attune and engaged when he wrote this. but i think also with a lot of political memoirs and a lot of books like this of major public figures. they're propaganda and they're not meant to be a very detailed honest accounting of