of the literary history of knoxvillement. >> james agee is one of knoxville's best known writers. in his lifetime he was best known as a film critic and a screen writer. he wrote the screenplay for the african queen for which he was nominated for an oscar. and as a journalist, he wrote a book which is still a landmark in american journalism about sharecroppers in alabama this the 1930s. but when he died suddenly at the age of 45 of a heart attack in a new york taxi cab, and at the time of his death it was discovered that he had left a huge body of work, more or less memoirs. but it was about his early life and the death of his father. and it was published as "a death in the family." it won the pulitzer prize as a novel in 1957 after agee's death and has been made into several films including a major motion picture with robert preston and more recently a theater presentation of the book. um, but also is well known for its prologue which was published separately called knoxville summer 1915 in which he tribes this -- he describes this brook of highland in knoxville, the 1500 block o

the most knoxville centric of all of his books is called sultry about

this weekend, knoxville, tennessee. it posted by comcast, our local content of vehicles locations in knoxville to celebrate the history of literary culture of that city. here is a little bit of mayor daniel brown talking about the history of the current day makeup of knoxville. >> knoxville is a city of about 178,000-plus people. it is a city that had divided loyalties during the civil war. a lot of people were pro-union. some were for the confederacy. knoxville is a city where football is very big with the university of tennessee. we have a 100,000-seat stadium. with a population of about 178,000-plus, and it is full every saturday when they have a home being -- home game. it is a city that has its own unique style and flavor. you have people here who are descendants of scotch irish. in the african-american population is about 17%. in some cities in the south we have majority black population, if you go further west in this state, in meant this or nashville. if you go back to the history of this area, because of the hi

. >> next jack newly takes booktv on a tour of the literary history of knoxville. >> cormac mccarthy is one of america's best known writers. new country for old men, book has been made in major motion pictures and his first four books were all set in east tennessee. the most knoxville centric is about a guy who escapes from middle-class life to live among the fishermen and derelicts of the riverfront. he lived right here in a houseboat in the book. mccarthy's novel describes the underbelly of knoxville in 1951 in such detail some people question if there's anything fictional in the book. he even refers to apparently fictional character is -- names of real people who were very similar to the characters in the book. it is one of mccarthy's funniest books but also one of his darkest the delay book especially fascinates mccarthy scholars. his final book, the road, is about a post apocalyptic world he describes the city that looks very much like knoxville and even describes the bridge that appears to be the hanley street bridge. they are rebuilding and right now but it plays a role in the

. >> book tv and american history tv are in knoxville. we look at the history and literary life of the marble city. on c-span 2 the university of tennessee's body farm four acres of decomposing human remains on a real life c.s.i. and a look at the roots author alex haley. how he fell in love with the city during a 1982 visit. and on american history tv on c-span 3 a visit to the sequoia birthplace museum. the director explains how an indian silver smith created a system of writing for the cherokee language. and a visit to oak ridge national laboratory and its participate in the development of the atomic bomb. and bruce whaoeeeler on the hisy and future of knoxville. the weekend on book tv and american history tv in knoxville, tennessee. >> middle and high school students it is time to get the cameras rolling for the c-span student cam video. make a five to eight minute video on the theme the constitution and you and get it to us by january 20. you could win the grand prize of $5,000. for complete details go to student cam.org. every weeke

. >> you next jack neely, local author of knoxville tennessee takes booktv on a tour of the literary history of knoxville. >> corpsman mccarthy is one of america's best-known writers famous for no control men all three horses. the book has been made into major motion pictures and, but his first four books were said in east tennessee in the knoxville area mostly. the most knoxville centric of all of his books is called sultry and it is about a guy who kind of escape from middle-class life to live among the fishermen and the derelicts of the riverfront. in fact he lived to write about here in a houseboat in the book. mccarthy's novel describes the underbelly of knoxville as it was around 1951 in such detail that some people have questioned whether there is anything actually fictional in the book. he actually even refers to apparently fictional characters by the names of real people who were similar to the characters in the book. it is one of mccarthy's funniest books but also one of the darkest books. it is a book that especially fascinates mccarthy scholars. mccarthy's book, the the r

we drove to memphis from knoxville. he lived in this house which sort of looked like an old mansion. i guess it was an old mansion. we came in this creaky gate and shelby leaned out a second story window. good morning, on will be right down. wonderful southern accent. i was looking around the garden over and over and there was a fountain covered with moss. when he came down eyes that i love your garden. it is wonderful. and he said it is -- the man who took care of it has left. us that i am sure he will be back. no, i believe he shot a man. a lot of southerners are so matter-of-fact and accepting of things like that. there is a real closeness to grandparents and people who themselves were storytellers and a lot of the southern writers, the old people told him there's story and they say you tell me your story which made the think even more about their lives and growing up in the south. >> how do you respond to the criticism that people may say that southern writers gets too caught up in the past? >> it is like shelby sai

. >>> spend next weekend in knoxville tennessee witkend in knoxville tennessee with book tv and american history tv and look behind the scenes of the history and literary life of the marble city.@ on booktv on c-span2 the university of tennessee's body farm is 4 acres of deacon the using human remains. dr. william on a real-life csis. also a look at author alexey in his life in knoxville. calfee on how his lisalyn love with the city on a 1982 visit and american history tv on c-span freak a visit to the birthplace museum. director charlie explains how in indian silversmith sequoia created a system of writing for the cherokee language. also a visit to a secret city, oak ridge national laboratory historian on the lab part in the development of the atomic bomb. and is knoxville true southern city historian bruce wheeler on its history and future. saturday 11 a.m. and sunday on 6 p.m. eastern. watch t

. >> booktv toured the langston hughes library while in knoxville, tennessee.watch that footage next. >> i'd like to welcome you to the langston hughes library located at the children's defense fund haley farm in clinton, tennessee. the library is a private reading room czech of about 6,000 items -- collection of about 6,000 items, and we are a noncirculating collection which means you can come and do research and scholarship here, but the books stay on the premises. we have a premier collection here. it's a special focus collection. the books in this collection are written by african-american authors. chirp's book -- children's books that are illustrated by african-american illustrators. books on black experiences. we really focus on the civil rights movement, especially the role of women in the civil rights movement, books on spirituality, african-american culture, history, legacy. books on women's issues, books on african culture, african history. so all of the books, all of the topics that relate to african-american culture and history, we have them here in

she was born here in knoxville and grew up right here on mulvaney street. this was the sight of her grandmother's house, where she spent much of her youth. she remembers very fondly in an essay, which is much apology is called 400 mulvaney street, or grandmother's address. baldini street is now what is known as hall of fame drive. it runs by the women's basketball hall of fame, just on the east side of downtown. this area was once a fairly prosperous middle-class predominately black suburban area, but it is now since the urban renewal of the 1950s and 60s has been lately redeveloped for apartments, rec center, -underscore and then other things. diet nikki giovanni's essay, 400 mulvaney street talks about the shot coming here in the middle of the demolitions involved in everything in her grandmother's old home. she talks about the rose garden. it seems that the rose is still going in the yard as the house has been torn down. >> getting back in the last 10 years of drought three lessons. one, the most important lesson is that the most important thing to happe

a look at roots author alex haley and his life in knoxville. how haley fell in love with the city during a 1982 visit. on american history tv on c-span 3 a visit to the sequoia birthplace museum. the director explains how an indian silver smith created a system of writing for the cherokee language. also a visit to secret city. ok ridge national laboratory hitch on the lab's part in the development of the atomic bond. and is knoxville a true certain citi. bruce wheeler on its future. today at 6:00 p.m. eastern. watch on book tv and american history tv in knoxville, tennessee. host: we want to wac back to c-span 2012 republican presidential candidate buddy roemer. another debate next week this one sponsored by cnbc in detroit focus on the economy and corporations. you are not part of the debate. you have not been part of any of these debates. why? guest: the only common thread on all nine debates so far is my absence. i don't know. at first the rules were -- and the rules are set by each debate sponsor. and they change over time. the first three

eastern, watch throughout the weekend on book tv and american history tv in knoxville, tennessee. >> coming up on "washington journal," we take your questions and comments. after that, at edward the marco -- edward demarco. then a focus on key presidential contenders. this week, the life of thomas e. dewey. >> this morning a discussion on the 2012 presidential campaign and occupy wall street

. >> next, jack neilly, local author of no no knoxville, tennessee takes us on a literary tour of knoxville >> famous for no country for old men, all the pretty horses, bo

twitter.com/booktv. >> and now from knoxville, tennessee, university of tennessee history professor dan feller shows us the papers of andrew jackson. a 17-volume series of andrew jackson's speeches, letters and other writings. >> the andrew jackson papers is a project that's been going on for several decades now to collect and order and transcribe and publish andrew jackson's complete documentary record; every letter he wrote, every letter that was written to him, his presidential messages, his military orders, the scraps of paper on which he wrote notes, the autobiographical reminiscences that he occasionally penned, everything. every piece of paper which still survives on which andrew jackson left his dna and publish this in a series of volumes as a permanent record to be used by historians and anyone curious. i've been working on the project eight years as the director of the project. way back in the 1980s i was an assistant editor on the project. and the project, we planned 16 or 17 volumes. we've published eight of them. volume nine is about to come out. we're in the middle of the

protests against economic inequality have taken place in 50 cities, from salt lake city to topeka, to knoxvillerk last night, things got a little rough. >> reporter: some of the protester s tried to move their demonstrations to wall street. but were stopped by police immediately. nypd officers used force. this officer swinging his baton, striking some of the protesters. another aiming pepper spray at the crowd. >> i have pepper spray in my face. >> reporter: police are working right now to clear broadway. they're pushing the protesters back. they're arresting some. several protesters were loaded into police vans, headed for jail. when questioned about police actions, an nypd spokesman said they tried to rush the barricade. tension has been building between police and some of the protesters. >> let's go. >> reporter: as protesters line the sidewalks, chanting the slogan for some have come to symbolize this 2 1/2-week demonstration. what's the significance of going down that street? >> on the street, it's to deny the pressure that's being put on us by our own social position. >> reporter: what ar

a wet day in the south, with some thunderstorms from new orleans to montgomery, knoxville and charleston, west virginia. some chilly rain around atlanta. also, showers from orlando to miami. chilly and wet around green bay, milwaukee and chicago. also, showers in the pacific northwest. and morning windchills dip to the teens and 20s from new england down to d.c. a cold one. >> just 49 in boston. 51 here in new york. and 84 in miami. mostly 50s from detroit all the way to seattle. phoenix climbs to 83. and sacramento checks in at 72. >>> and coming up after the break, the amazing high life game six of the world series. >>> then, the high school teacher sentenced to four years in prison for having sex with her teenage student. >>> and what bernie madoff told abc's barbara walters in an exclusive prison interview. >>> overseas, markets are still riding the wave from that debt deal in europe. tokyo's nikkei average gained 124 points today. hong kong's hang seng was up 362. in london, the ftse opened higher. so was wall street yesterday. the dow soared 340 points while the nasdaq index, just

they live together in knoxville, tennessee. >>> musician janni has adopted a baby panda in china.say they chose him because of the inspiration and harmony his music brings. >>> speaking of music and harmony, a group of senior citizens got down as part of a flash mob outside last night's gop presidential debate. the group dancing to "stop in the name of love" protesting entitlement cuts and social security. let's hear it once. ♪ >> the choreography may not be perfectly timed. that's going to wrap up this hour of "jansing & co." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next and i'll see you back here tomorrow. . and now, thanks to you, 10 communities have more to smile about. what's next? tell us on facebook. [ male announcer ] that onion after taste after you again? new crest complete with scope dual blast technology blasts away bad breath germs and food after tastes. new crest complete with scope dual blast. blast your way to fresh breath. the doctor leaned over and said to me, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announc

wet in new orleans, knoxville, atlanta, charleston. west virginia, showers in florida. and around lake michigan. light rain, pacific northwest. bitter cold morning. wind chills from maine to d.c. >> 49 in boston. 51, new york. 64, atlanta. new orleans, 74. sounds nice. dallas, 61. 50s across the midwest. rockies, pacific northwest. and in phoenix, 83 in city. awe sundz ni sounds nice. at christmas time, americans go out of their way to light up their homes. the family its getting into the spirit. not waiting around. >> they have turned their home into halloween heaven. crowds in the thousands have been showing up every night for a half-hour long dance and light show. >> of course the extravaganza has become a huge internet sensation. the youtube video had more than 2 million hits. you know i wouldn't wantthose p. >> no privacy. plus your electric bill. what are you paying for all that show? i respect the creativity. >> indeed. more "world news now" coming up when we get right back. ♪ this is halloween this is halloween ♪ let me tell you about a very important phone call

>> spend next weekend in knoxville, tennessee with book tv and american history tv and a behind-the-scenes. -- look behind the scenes. joint dr. william moss on a real-life csis. and on american history tv on c- span3 a visit to the sequoyah of birthplace museum. also, a visit to a secret city. and is not " a true southern city? -- is knox build a true southern city? watched throughout the weekend on both tv and american history tv in knoxville tennessee. >> next, republican presidential candidate michele bachmann's comments a day at a church in iowa. this is almost an hour. >> good to meet you. are you at drake right now? >> yes. >> i have a very good friend who graduated from break. she helped with the campaign. hi, there. >> [inaudible] >> no. nice to meet you, too. [unintelligible] hi, good to me you, ron. how are you? >> [inaudible] >> we all want to have that job. >> chuck taylor. >> [inaudible] >> i could have told him that. >> i'm glad you did not, though. >> [laughter] hello, clark, could to meet you. -- agreed to meet you. hello, makayla. good to worship with you this morning. he

former haley employee kathy long talks about haley's time in knoxville next on booktv. >> mr. haley did some writing here. he did the alex haley figurines while he was here and did some writing. although after the success of roots, i think that kind of scared him out of writing. it was really hard for him to finish books that publishing companies were requesting that he finish. he just really had a hard time with it because "roots" took a lot out of mr. haley. the emotion that was in the story, the things that he had found out about his family and all was very, very emotional for him. and i think the reason, you know, he said he just really didn't ever want anything like the success of "roots" to happen to him again because it was so overwhelming to him. he had no idea that when he embarked upon this adventure to research his roots what the, how it was going to effect, actually, the entire world. mr. haley's first visit came to east tennessee was in 1982. he came here to visit the world's fair. while here, this was his first visit, and he just absolutely fell in love with the

cyber space to streets all around the country. 50 cities now, from salt lake city to toe pia to knoxvillethe movement now garnering attention from politicians running for office, like elizabeth warren, who's vying for a democratic senate nomination in massachusetts. >> people on wall street broke this country and they're's stil been no basic accountability. >> reporter: observers of social history say the protesters growing presence could be a major issue in the coming presidential election year. >> if you can influence the conversation in the 2012 election, then you've done something pretty amazing. >> reporter: kwhil it's not just people who are out of work who came out today, people with jobs left the office to march in the streets, too. diane? >> and you spent the day down there with them. and i want all of our viewers to know that cecilia comes to us from san francisco, joining the abc news team and she's a great journalist, we're so excited to have you on board. >> reporter: thank you. so excited to be here. >> welcome on board. >>> and amanda knox is spending her first full day on

there is knoxville road area as well. here is a look at the storm now. it's still up to the north and there is is rain in crescent city and that is heavy rain and wind heading here so there is is a winter storm warning for sierra nevada with showers continuing into thursday morning. there are a couple wet days ahaechld here is a look at the storm. cold air coming in on the back side and there is a powerful jet stream 190 miles per hour jet stream z there is is some intense rainfall. so we'll take you through time around midnight stormy conditions developing there winds are gusting higher than that. and then rain spreads behind the front tomorrow morning we'll have a few showers out there and there is when we'll see development of possibly thunderstorms, you may see small hail tomorrow afternoon so don't be surprise fd we do see thunderstorms develop. there could be shawl hail and showers continue not just until wednesday night but may see more showers heading into thursday morning. rainfall totals impressive for this time of the year north bay mountains

also a look at alex haley and his life in knoxville. how he felt in love with the city during a visit. and on american history tv on c-span3 a visit to the sequoia birthplace museum. the director explains how an indian silversmith successfully created a system of writing for the cherokee language. and is knoxville a true southern city? saturday at 11 a.m. and sunday at 6 p.m. eastern. watch throughout the weekend on booktv and american history tv in knoxville, tennessee. >> from the texas book festival last weekend. >> president calderÓn strategy as one of kingston strategies going after the head of the snake. chop off the head and the rest of the snake dies. that's been the idea. unfortunately, the reality has been different. >> almost all the other founding fathers were thinking of those colonies on the eastern seaboard, jefferson is already dreaming of his empire for liberty that will go all the way may be to the mississippi, maybe of the missouri, and even to those great harbors on the pacific, san diego, monterey and san francisco.

wet in new orleans, knoxville, atlanta, charleston. west virginia, showers in florida.nd around lake michigan. light rain, pacific northwest. bitter cold morning. windchills from maine all the way to d.c. >> 49 in boston. 51, new york. 64, atlanta. new orleans, 74. sounds nice. dallas, 61. 50s across the midwest. rockies, pacific northwest. and high in phoenix, 83 in that city. >> sounds nice. >> uh-huh. >>> and at christmas time, americans go out of their way to light up their homes. the family is getting into

be in knoxville tennessee. ..for another day. so thank you very, very much for coming. my name is marie arana, i am a writer-at-large for "the washington post". i was the books editor for many, many years, and i am now a very happy member of the board of directors of this festival. and "the washington post" is very, very proud to be a charter sponsor of the festival for so many years. .. >> as far as i'm concerned, the thinking persons amusement park, whether you're 4 or 24 or 54 or 104, there's something for you here at the book festival. first, in our lineup of great authors today is douglas waller, a veteran magazine cor spot and the author of numerous books about the american military as well as american intelligence operations. in almost two decades as a washington journalist, doug has covered the pentagon, congress, the state department, the white house, and the cia. from 1994 to 2007, he served in "time" magazine's washington bureau first as a correspondent, then as a senior correspondent. he's also served as diplomatic correspondent traveling throughout europe,

knoxville, tennessee is a recent destination. this weekend on book-tv and american history tv channel, national will be -- not so will be highlighted in a special series of interviews and other content you can see this weekend. he confined out more at c- span.org/local content. one of the people they talked to was a forensic scientist. he is the author of a book inside the forensic laboratory where they talk about a piece of land located at the university of tennessee medical center called the body farm. there is a little bit of what you will see. >> until 2003, the most bodies we got to enter the medical examiner system. in 2003, the most bodies we got cantor the donated collection which is what we have surrounding us here. from then on, those donations steadily increase. last year, we did 144 burials. it was one every two days. the great majority of them are individuals who donated their bodies for research. and for the skeleton to end up in this modern tell exit we have. host: i invite you to stay close to book-tv and american

lee with one td nasnovell and findss in knoxville.eisman trophy candidate richardson ran for 133 and scored four times. here is your big one, 8-yarder and ole miss scored. and watch that move by trend richardson one more time. don't forget folk the remake of "footloose" is now showing at a theater near you. 6th-ranked oklahoma state takes it 100 yards and gilbert gives oklahoma state the insurmountable lead. cowboys kick it and get it back. texas whitaker the same distance, 100 yards, but 6th- ranked rank hand the longhorns their 6th loss in the last 10 home-games. >>> michigan state against their in-state rival michigan and at times this turned as ugly as the so-called uniforms. he is picked by lewis, lewis should have gotten flagged for taunting. spartans win the paul bunyan trophier for the fourth straight year, 2-14 the sharks have eleven new players and one ex-shark helped st. louis get out of town with the victory. joe thorton and the sharks got shutout in anaheim. the new acquisition michael handsas hand handed then alexander s

books were all set in east tennessee, and the most knoxville centric is called sutrey about a guy who kind of escapes from middle class life to live among the fishermen of the river front. he lived here in a houseboat. .. >> in the pulitzer winning novel travel the road. >> dr. suzanne smith is a professor at george mason university has a new book published about to called to serve the living the funeral directors said the african american way of death. what is that? >> connected to freedom and the struggle for civil rights did in the book i tell a story about how the connection between death and freedom is so essential to african-american understanding of funerals that it has not been considered in the way that i do if the book but essential for our understanding of the civil-rights movement and african and american entreprenuership. it goes back to slavery. in african-american culture day call the funeral the home going and in the book phi trace the beginning fair and the transatlantic slave trade african slaves who tried to escape by jumping ship on the middle passage jim believed

. >> there is the funny anecdotes about shelby drove -- striving to memphis from knoxville and he lived in a house that looked like an old man gen. it was i guess. >> it was the. >> we came in the day did he leaned out the second story window and said good morning i will be right down. i was looking around the garden that was grown over, weeds, a fountain covered with moss and when he came down i said i love your garden. it is wonderful. he said it is in disarray now. of the man who took care of it has left. i said i am sure he will be back and he said no. he shot a man. [laughter] so many senators are just excepting of things like that. there is a closeness to grandparents many of those were storytellers in a lot of storytellers the old people told them their stories and then they say you tell me your story which makes them think even more about their lives and growing up in the south. >> county respond to the criticism that people say the writers in the south get too caught up in the past? >> that war that we lost is the one that you remember. that they write a lot about but but lee s

>> it was beautiful in knoxville, tennessee. >> getting a good week here. sam. >> appreciate that. can't read but -- >>> coming up, the latest on the frantic search for a missing infant. stolen in the middle of the night. the parents of little lisa irwin will talk to george when we come back. ♪ don't you cry ♪ soon the sun ♪ is going to shine ♪ [ male announcer ] toyota presents the prius family. ♪ walk if i want, talk if i want ♪ [ male announcer ] there's the original one... the bigger one... the smaller one... and the one that plugs in. they're all a little different, just like us. they're all a little different, when you spend more days than not separated from your own life... when the only thing you can be sure of is migraines with 15 or more headache days a month, you're living a maybe life. and you may be living with chronic migraine. but knowing that this thing you're going through has a name, means knowing you can find treatments that are right for you. go to mychronicmigraine.com to find a headache specialist. and don't live a maybe life. of the e

. >>> a parrot in knoxville, tennessee, has an unusual way of getting around.ride on the back of a german shepherd whose name is shadow. max, shadow and norman the greyhound all live together. max appears to have such a strong bond with shadow he doesn't want to be without him. when shadow isn't near him, max the parrot will call out his name repeatedly. how is that for a talking parrot? so far the owner says the piggy back rides don't seem to bother the dog. >> does that parrot talk or bark? that's the question. >>> coming up on news 4 at [ female announcer ] at verizonfios.com, you can choose your channel package. ♪ you can choose your own internet speeds. ♪ you can even choose to chat with a live person. ♪ and you're always guaranteed the lowest prices online. so don't wait... try, compare and buy at verizonfios.com today. because there's never been a better time to build the perfect fios bundle. >>> a wedding celebration ended with all of the bridesmaids without their purses. news 4's erin gilcrest. >> it's very alarming to think that while we were upstairs

. >> pulitzer prize-winning author had 1507-acre farm outside knoxville tennessee where he lived before his passing in 1992. former caylee employee talks about mr. haley's time and not smell next on book tv. >> he did some writing here. although i think that kind of scared mrs. haley. so much that it was really hard for him to finish folks the publishing companies were requesting that the finish. he just really had a hard time with it. it really took a lot out of him. the emotion that was in the story, the things he had found out about his family. very, very emotional for him. he just really didn't want anything like the success to happen to him again because it was so overwhelming to have. he had no idea that when he embarked upon this venture to researches routes, how was going to affect. his first visit came in 1982. he came here to visit the welfare of. his first visit to east tennessee. he absolutely fellow love with this area and his people. mr. wynn is the museum owner in our area who specializes in the urban history. upon his departure from the world fair he asked mr. one if som

over the weekend, we got video in of occupy protests being held in portland, oregon, and in knoxvillennessee, and in chicago and in indianapolis and in cincinnati and in philadelphia and in sacramento and in san francisco. today new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced the protesters who have camped out on actual wall street in new york city will be allowed to stay there indefinitely. officials in washington, d.c., giving protesters there permission to stay for at least four more months. perhaps the best sign that your protest movement is catching on would be this one right here. dead end saboteurs showing up from the right to try to take the whole thing out of context and make it look like something that it's not. tape here of right wing activists james o'keefe. remember him from the a.c.o.r.n. fake pimp thing, shirley sherrod thing? wandering around to make the protest looks like it has something to do with hookers or implies something scary about black people. not sure what the scary black people or hooker line will be yet. we'll have to wait for the tape. a conservative wri

. >> this month booktv took a trip to knoxville, tennessee. with the above local provider comcast we met several authors and historians to look at the literary culture of the city. those interviews can be seen throughout our programming this weekend on booktv. >> when i got to sell my books every person i worked with data rejection letter from which was kind of cool. you go to a meeting and we love your stuff and icy

he joins frus knoxville, tennessee, and rosa toussaint-ortiz, and she joins us from huntsville.let me start with you, representative ball. we heard not only from mr. spencer. we talked today with a contractor in the state who is concerned about people leaving these jobs. was that the consequence you expected when the law was passed? >> yes, i think so. i think that was the-- that was the purpose of the law was to discourage those who are here in alabama illegally. we have a poverty problem in alabama. we have a problem with unemployment. and many of the folks that come to alabama illegally, they have a different set of rules that they're hired by. they don't have to have workmen's comp shrnls. they don't have to have employee tax. a lot of them were paid 1099 or paid under the table. it puts our working, the very people having the problem with unemployment, it puts them at a competitive disadvantage, and we need a level playing field. >> woodruff: miss toussaint-ortiz, how do you see the effect the law is having? >> what i see is i understand what they are saying in reference to

talked to governor jon huntsman joins us from, he comes to us knoxville, tennessee opinion.hanks for being here. really appreciate it. why aren't you doing better? you got the endorsements. what's happening? >> we've got the endorsements. we've got a plan. we have a message. the only numbers, erin, at this point that really matter are those in new hampshire, because that's where you have our nation's first primary, that's where people have seen it all and heard it all. and in order to get up in the polls there you've got to have a message that is compelling, that is believable, that is authentic, and one more where the people of new hampshire can hear it and believe it's the right vision for the united states. we've done 75 events now in new hampshire. and we're going to be doing a whole lot more. and as we've seen in elections past how one does new hampshire and we're going to win new hampshire, that always then predicts the future outcome of the race. and i like our chances in new hampshire. keep your eyes focuses there. >> look at the polls here, mitt romney at 41% new ha

. >> booktv towards the langston hughes library while in knoxville, tennessee. watch that next. >> i would like to welcome you to the langston hughes library, located at the children's defense fund, in clinton, tennessee. the library is a private reading room, collection of about 6000 items, and we are a noncirculating collection which means you can come and do research and scholarship here, but the books stay on the premises. we have a premiere collection here. a special focus collection. the books in this collection are written by african-american authors, children's books that are illustrated by african-american illustrators. books on black experiences, we really focus

the road is about a post-apocalyptic world that he describes the city that looks very much like knoxville and even describes the concrete bridge that appears to be the henley street bridge behind us. they are rebuilding it right now. the bridge plays a role in the novel country and his pulitzer-winning novel, the road. .. many of them controlled the books. i'm sorry to hear that. but sure, this is one of amtran robust place here, isn't it? been in a bookstore in ms intellectual cat bill, i'm actually going to ridiculous proportions of the book, which is something i don't do all that much. i certainly don't good on cable television in may for a minute that screaming. i mostly been screamed at, but tonight i'm going to to create a little bit, talk about the book into the thing, which is up in a which just open it up to questions. this is the kind of group you just want to yak with. and i'm sure there's good questions. there's a lot of publicity in the book. at this point a lot of people over at the book so we can actually talk about the book, which is a thing of loveliness for me. you know,