of course it's larry flint. stay with us.ll be back in just a moment. >> larry flint is of course the founder of hustler magazine and long-time advocate for first amendment rights. his book called one nation under sex, how the private lives of presidents, first ladies and their lovers changed the course of american history. always good to see you. >> good to see you. >> are you no are no slimbinging violent. we'll see what we can put out on public television. i was just up late last night watching for the upteenth time, the people versus larry flint. one of my favorite movies. and whether people like or loathe what you do, no one argues the, at least i don't, the contribution you made to first amendment rights and free speech in this country. when you look at that movie, what do you think of the movie? >> i think what's more is the price i paid for that fight. >> the price you paid? >> being in a wheel chair for 30 years. i'm not whining about it because i don't dwell on thinging i can't do anything about it. until somebody m

later this afternoon a call in program with larry flint, collaborated on a new book called one nation under sec's how the private lives of presidents, first ladies and their lovers changed the course of american history. and booktv's coverage called american history, blood and back rooms led by diane smith. two books feature in that with crazy horse and jim newton, in of breath biography of earl warren. and women in afghanistan, the dressmaker. and on this earth day, boylston point, climate population and environment. another of authors moderated by margot roosevelt, los angeles times staff writer. let's show you what is coming up in a couple minutes. the panel called "inconvenient truths" moderated by james sweeney who is the media columnist. the science of liberty, reason and the laws of nature, seth mnookin wrote "the panic virus: a true story of medicine, science, and fear" and two co-authors of a book called "merchants of doubt: how a handful of scientists obscured the truth on issues from tobacco smoke to global warming" tell a handful of -- those coauthors are erik conway and n

sorts of problems, and, of course, the most orve one of those was robert livingston resigning after larry flint ousted him. i interviewed larry for this book which was an interesting experience. [laughter] he did cooperate with me. >> thank you. >> i couldn't resist. i'd like to ask about the starr report because i have to say that of all the things ken did, i was most troubled by his writing basically an indictment of the president to be delivered to the congress. it struck me as he still was no , ma'am no , in the executive branch and every previous independent counsel had, as i understand it based on what's in the archives, simply referred a list of things that the congress should read. it certainly didn't write -- what struck me is that advocacy document. it was not an even-handed treatment of the evidence. it was absolutely an advocacy. i talked to brent about this. i talked to him about, you know, my objection to the report, and my sense that, you know, it's fundamentally troubling as a separation of powers matter to have part of the executive branch basically making the case for the hous

weekend, panel on science, american history, climate change, and the constitution and collins with larry flint. just a few of the highlights from our coverage of the los angeles times festival of books. if the entire schedule at boo ktv.org. >> president obama announced changes to his national security team today. he named cia director leon panetta to be defense secretary and general david petraeus to head up the cia. from the east room of the white house, this is a half-hour. >> everyone, have a seat. good afternoon, everybody. i want to begin by saying in a few words about the devastating storms that have ripped through the southeastern united states. the loss of life has been heartbreaking, especially in alabama. in a matter of hours, these deadly tornadoes, some of the worst we have seen in decades, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors, even entire communities are affected. others are injured and others are missing. in many places, the damage to homes and businesses is nothing short of catastrophic. we can control when or where a terrible storm may strike. but we

c-span2 panels on science, american history, climate change and the constitution and call ins with larry flint and more walter mosley. just a few highlights from live coverage of the los angeles times festival of books. get a schedule at booktv.org and get the schedule on your in box. >> you are watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch keep public policy events in the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get schedules that our web site and join in the conversation on social media sites. >> now to the university of southern california for a look at the state of same-sex marriage in america. you will hear from the political strategists to spearhead the lawsuit to overturn proposition 8 as well as republican consultant matt klink and college students. this is just under an hour. >> welcome everybody. thank you for coming to our final student talk back political lunge panel discussion of the spring 2011 semester. for those of you who haven't been here before my name is dan schn

on the tv on c- span 2, american history, climate change, and the constitution and collins with larry flint, just a few of the highlights from our live coverage of the los angeles times festival of books. get the entire schedule online at booktv.org. >> this weekend, catherine mayor on medical science during the civil war and the advancements made on the north and south. former senator and presidential candidate bob dole looks back of his political career during the nixon administration and an examination of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between rutherford b. hayes and senate:. -- and samuel ytolin. >> concerning afghanistan, mr. miliband says the the new coalition has set an end date, but have not come up with the sound level strategy to achieve that goal. he speaks with richard's, president of the council of foreign relations. this is just over an hour. >> there are some seats appear. we will get started. was that your phone or mine? >> not mine. i cannot think of a better time to us to everyone to turn off all of their electronics. i will walk the walk and not just talk the

c-span2, panels on science, american history, climate change and the constitution and call-ins with larry flintes and walter mosley. just a few of the highlights from our live coverage of the los angeles festival of books. get the entire schedule online at booktv.org and get our schedule sent directly to your inbox. sign up for booktv alert. >>> congratulations again to all the winners of this year's student cam video documentary competition. you can view all the winning videos anytime at our web site, studentcam.org, and continue the conversation at our facebook and twitter pages. and if you'd like an early start on next year's competition, the theme is the u.s. constitution. select any portion and create a video about why it's important to you. look for details at our new student cam 201 web site -- 2012 web site starting august 1st. >>> discussion, now, on domestic terrorism threats. the massachusetts governor's former homeland security adviser says americans need to be more resilient in facing terrorist threats. this discussion was part of an all-day conference looking at the al-qaeda threa

call-in shows with larry flint and walter mosley. get the entire schedule online and get our schedules sent directly to your in box. sign up for alerts. >> ben bernanke held the first news conference in the federal reserve's 97 year history after a meeting of the central bank's monetary policy committee. the fed has decided not to extend the treasury bond program past june as planned. chairman bernanke talk about rising gas prices, inflation, and the federal budget debate. this is an hour. >> good afternoon, welcome. i will first discuss the economic remarks. then i will place the policy decisions in the context of the statutory mandate to foster maximal employment and price stability. throughout today's briefing, michael will be to reflect the consensus of the committee welt -- michael will be to reflect the consensus of the committee. -- my goal will be to reflect the consensus of the committee. the committee is maintaining its existing policy and reinvesting principal payments from its holdings. it will complete its planned purcha

and call-ins with larry flint, sally pipes and walter mosley. a few of the highlights from our live coverage of "the los angeles times" festival of books. get the entire schedule online at book-tv.org and get our schedule sent to your in-box. sign up for book tv alert. joint chiefs of staff chairman admiral mike mullen today talked about military leadership. and developments in the middle east, northern africa and asia. he spoke at a briefing hosted by government executive magazine at the national press club. this is an hour and 10 minutes. special welcome to our guest, admiral michael mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who is here for the fifth consecutive year. thank you very much for being here. it is early. earlier than we usually start, and so a double thank you for this full rung. i was thinking that we could view this as good practice for tomorrow when we have tget up even earlier for the royal wedding. [laughter] . we may not offer quite as much glamour as a royal wedding but i'm sure we'll have a lot of interesting substance

larry flynt back to the clinton/of monaco lewinsky thing and offered a million dollars to flush out some republicans and a lot of information came forward on a congressman and livingston's wife approached mr. flint and said she would try to get back together with her husband and appreciates the published material and the second thing was the whole clinton/lewinsky thing was not perjury because it was completely immaterial to the -- was a consensual affair. how is having a consensual affair would influence a criminal case, you just can't ask that. kenneth starr's behavior was much more inappropriate than bill clinton's ever was. >> guest: obviously they felt very much about clinton the way they do about president obama and wanted to get rid of him and they would willing to do it that way they possibly could. from the time efforts were started to prosecute clinton, they were totally out of control. of a set earlier in the show i think people are going to be discussing this decades to come about the pros and cons of how bill clinton was treated. >> host: you are on quaid tour with this book unusual in "1 nation under sex: how the private lives of presidents, first ladies and their lovers changed th