kurt newman i have known him for more than two decades. i first got involved with children's national medical center the way many parents do that one of our kids needs help. he was a full-time practicing surgeon and one who clearly enjoys his working and you could tell he was interested not just what he did in the operating room but and the biggest picture of medical research with advancement of cater clearly a people person who connected very easily with kids so watched as he became chief of surgery with the help of $150 million against to oversee development for pediatric surgical innovation which is focused on making surgery for children minimally invasive than pain free so the chief of surgery up and tell then aspired that he was destined to go higher with those administrative skills to become a ceo of first position to run a hospital under his leadership for the care for kids and those that hear the story after story with the health restored in the future and in "heaing children" he shares a number of personal stories and also offers

it really is a very special pleasure to be hosting kurt newman. i have known kurt for more than two decades since i first got involved with children's medical center, the way many parents do, that is when one of our kids needs help. kurt was a full-time practice surgeon then, one who clearly enjoyed his work. you could tell he was interested not just in what he did in the operating room but in the bigger picture of medical research and the advancement of care, he also was clearly a people's person who connected very easily with kids and their parents. i watched him become chief of surgery and 150 million-dollar gift from uaee, oversaw development of the institute for pediatric surgical innovation of children which is focused on making surgery for children minimally invasive and pain free. as chief of surgery was the top job that kurt had until had inspired to. but he was destined to go higher. indeed, having vision and great administrative skills, he was tasked six years ago to become the ceo of children's physician to turn the hospital. under his

at 7 pm eastern, medical center president and ceo kurt newman recalls his career as a pediatric surgeon and offers his thoughts on the current state of healthcare. and eight, ucla history professor kelly hernandez talks about her book, city of inmates. conquest, rebellion and the rise of human caging in los angeles 1771 to 1965. at 8:20, physicist jeffrey west discusses the laws that govern everything from plants and animals to cities and economics. on after words 10 pm, rosa delauro talks about her congressional work on social programs and

doctor kurt newman of children's national medical center recalls his career as a pediatric surgeon and offers his thoughts on the current state of health care. founder of prospect magazine david goodhart talked about the values divide in england that led to brexit and look at digital data and how it is used in government, employment, law enforcement, marketing and more. those are just a few of the programs airing this weekend on booktv. for complete television schedule visit booktv.org. booktv recently visited capitol

kurt newman on his book "healing children." >> the conversations i hear about been cutting things like medicaid and, you know, cutting the nih and doing all these things when we're on the cusp of such terrific discoveries and when you think about half of it. who is going to get hurt? why do we want the do that? we're not doing that to the elderly on medicare. in fact, we ought to double down and really put more into our children. >> watch the entire program saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. also on book tv on cspan2, 7:00 p.m. eastern, david goodhart on his book "the road to somewhere," populist revolt. >> you can see this in the contempt in the people in my e-mail chains after the brexit. you had left wing professors basically saying why didn't we give the people the vote at least without some kind of iq test mgts for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. we've been on the road meeting winners of this year's student cam video competition. at east lyme high school in east lyme, connecticut, second prize winners were handed $1500 for their documentary on environmental justice.

kurt newman on his book, healing children, a surgeon's story from the frontiers of the pediatric medicine. >> the conversations i hear are about conduct things like medicaid, and cutting the nih and doing all of these things when we're on the cusp of such terrific discoveries. and when you think about half of the, half of the people that are on medicaid, half, of the beneficiaries are children so who's going to get hurt. why do we want to do that? we're not doing that to the elderly on medicare. we ought to double down and really put more into our children. >> watch the entire program today at 7:00 p.m. eastern. also on book tv, on c-span 2, sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, david goodhart on his book, the road to somewhere. the populist revolt and the future of politics. >> you see it as the contempt, after brexit. you had, you had left-wing professors basically saying why did we give these people the vote. without some kind of iq taste. >> for more of this weekend's schedule go to booktv.org. sunday night connecticut congress won rosa delauro, talks about her book "the least among us." when

kurt newman, on his book "healing children." >> the conversations i hear are about cutting things like medicaid, and cutting the nih and doing all of these things when we are on the cusp of such terrific discoveries. when you think about half of the people that are on medicaid, half of the beneficiaries are children. so who is going to get hurt? why are we doing that? -- to doing that as early the elderly on medicare. we should put more into our children. >> watch the entire program at 7:30 eastern. and david goodhart on his book "the road to somewhere." >> you see the contempt after brexit. you had left-wing professors saying, why do you give these people abou vote? why not some kind of iq test? immigration officials testified on the latest technology being used along the u.s. border. among the witnesses was the acting chief of the u.s. border patrol. the house homeland security subcommittee hearing ran an hour and a half. committee on homeland security subcommittee on border and maritime security will come to order. the committee is meeting to discuss technology in the security effor

book, kurt newman on his healing children: a surgeon story from the frontier of medicine.t is like -- >> it is about cutting medicaid and the nih and doing all of these things we're on the cusp of such terrific discoveries. when you think about half of it -- half of the beneficiaries are children. why did we want to do that? we are not doing that to the elderly on medicare. we ought to double down and really put more into our children. >> watch the entire program saturday at 7:00 a.m. eastern. sunday at 7 p.m. eastern, david goodhart on his book "going -- the road to somewhere." >> the contempt, emails saying after brexit, you have professor saying why did we give people the vote? >> for more this we schedule, go to book tv.org. -- for more of this weekend schedule, go to book tv.org. >> c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> now some of today's debate on the minibus spending bill on the defense and energy programs. the ch

kurt newman on as book "healing children: surgeon story from the frontiers of pediatric medicine." >>utting things like medicaid and cutting the nih, we are on because of such terrific of suchy -- on the cusp terrific discoveries. half of the people on medicaid, half of the beneficiaries are children. who is going to get hurt, why do we want to do that, we are not doing that to the elderly on medicare. we ought to double down and put more into our children. watch the entire program saturday at 7 p.m. eastern also on book tv on c-span2, david goodhart on his book "the road to somewhere: the populist revolt and the future of politics." contentee this in the of my female chains -- contempt of email chains after

kurt newman, president and ceo of children's national medical center, offers his thoughts on the current state of health care. founder of prospect magazine, david goodhart, talks about the values divide in england that led to brexit. and john cheney lip el takes a look at how digital data defines who we are and how it's used in government, employment, law enforcement, marketing and more. those are just a few of the programs airing this weekend on booktv. for a complete television schedule, visit booktv.org.

kurt newman. [inaudible conversations] >> if i could have everybody's attention, good evening.good evening. coowner of politics and prose along with my wife lisa and on behalf of the entire staff at book tv, welcome, a few quick administrative notes. now will be a good time to turn off your cell

doctor kurt newman of children's national medical center recalls his career as a pediatric surgeon and offers his thoughts on the current state of health care. founder of prospect magazine david goodhart talked about the values divide in england that led to brexit and look at digital data and how it is used in government, employment, law enforcement, marketing and more. those are just a few of the programs airing this weekend on booktv. for complete television schedule visit booktv.org. booktv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading this summer. >> i just finished one of the bill o'reilly books, killing lincoln. i sat in an airport last weekend, some things i didn't know about that whole plot that unfolded when president lincoln was assassinated. fascinating book. last year i finished a good book many of us in the freedom caucus -- i read it, we liked it, gave it to everyone in the freedom caucus called troublesome young men. it was about the ventures in parliament, 38, 39, 40, who knew they had to move chamberlain out of power because he was appe

at 7 pm eastern, medical center president and ceo kurt newman recalls his career as a pediatric surgeon and offers his thoughts on the current state of healthcare. and eight, ucla history professor kelly hernandez talks about her book, city of inmates. conquest, rebellion and the rise of human caging in los angeles 1771 to 1965. at 8:20, physicist jeffrey west discusses the laws that govern everything from plants and animals to cities and economics. on after words 10 pm, rosa delauro talks about her congressional work on social programs and at 11, erica wagner recalls the life of washington roebling, builder of the brooklyn bridge. all happens tonight on c-span2's book tv.>> book tv recently visited capitol hill to ask members of congress what they are reading the summer. >> i have an aggressively reading list for this summer. we have a monthly book club which holds all of us accountable to read more in my congressional office and later this week we will be talking about janesville which is the story of janesville wisconsin and how they adapted after losing a general motors plant. the b