as of two days ago senator kirsten gillibrand has added new title to her resume, author of a senator gillibrand's new book is called "off the sidelines" raise your voice, change the world. it's part memoir, part call to action, part inspirational guidance for women doing a great balancing act of modern life and by the way it's a great book for men too. i just want to say that to be sure. women across the country joined together to discuss a book every few months and share ideas about how they can use their voices to effect change in their communities and beyond. "off the sidelines" the book starts senator gillibrand's journey from a generation of formidable women from a career as a lawyer to her role as a wife and mother and of course she talks about what motivated her to launch herself into elective politics. her energy determination and resilience whether bringing her sons with her to peek at the senate floor while she's voting are taking on the military grasp on the area of sexual assault have quickly made her a respected influential and extremely refreshing voice on capitol hill.

woodruff: finally tonight we're joined by the junior senator from new york state, democrat kirsten gillibrand. during her tenure she's focused on fighting sexual assault in the military and on college campuses. senator gillibrand recently published a new book, "off the sidelines: raise your voice, change the world." senator gillibrand, welcome to the "newshour." >> i'm delighted to be on. >> woodruff: you say in your introduction, among other things, you want to get women and girls to believe in themselves just as much as men and boys do. so my question is you're saying that in 2014, when we've had three women secretaries of state, we have a woman head of the federal reserve bank, we've got 20 women in the senate and so on and so on that women still need to have a lesson in how to have confidence in themselves? >> it's even more than that. it's just telling women how important their voices are, that their life's experiences, their views, how they feel about an issue isn't necessarily being heard at all these decision making table, whether it's the boardroom, where we only have 16% women, or c

so please join me in welcoming andrea mitchell and senator kirsten gillibrand. [applause] [applause] >> thank you so much. what a thrill to be back here to be with kirsten gillibrand because the book is inspirational. it's funny, it's personal. i don't know if you saw jon stewart last night but you can find it on line. he was obviously really interested in finding out what is the challenge and why are many men on "the hill" frankly as other workplaces i'm sure including my own at times, why are men so incredibly stupid and boorish? [laughter] >> i was wondering what word you're going to use. which one is she going to pick? >> i was fortunate to have the senator on today and we got, i got so taken up in all of her answers that i don't think i else very many questions. he was just so much fun to have you on so thank you all for being here. you offer empowerment and encouragement to women of all ages and i was very struck today when you talk about young powerful women. you are a united states senator. you can absorb it and i can observe it for women and their first

center kirsten gillibrand talks about her book, off the sidelines. >> from the cato institute in washington, dc, consumer advocate and five-time presidential candidate ralph nader. he calls for an alliance between progressives, conservatives and libertarians to take on issues like corporate bailouts, pentagon spending and civil liberties. this is an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. i am vice president for research here at cato. it's my pleasure to welcome you to a book forum today, where we'll be discussing the latest book from ralph naadir, "unstoppable: the emerging left-right alliance to dismantle the corporate state." you heard that right. ralph nader is speaking at the cato institute. and that little popping sound you hear is heads exploding all over washington. the same sound you hear when people discover store the third time the koch brothers support drug legalization, because when you look at the world through ideological spectacles and see everything in terms of left versus right, the most interesting things in the wor

and then paul ryan, the way forward, and then new york center kirsten gillibrand talks about her book, off the sidelines. >> from the cato institute in washington, dc, consumer advocate and five-time presidential candidate ralph nader. he calls for an alliance between progressives, conservatives and libertarians to take on issues like corporate bailouts, pentagon spending and civil liberties. this is an hour and 30 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. i am vic