people are going to be arguing that for centuries to come. >> host: a tweet from larry flynt. were there any political escapades' you left out because they couldn't be substantiated? >> guest: we had some important tapes, especially audio tapes including high-ranking politicians. that we wanted to use because it was recorded in one state. and both parties to use tapes. we were definitely sued for it. >> host: any others? >> guest: there are plenty of rabaul all presidents. we go back to some of the gossip. our focus is on going and unsubstantiated story and how they shaped american politics. >> host: what is the instance of all of this debunking? >> guest: j. edgar hoover wearing a dress and being a transvestite. that was invented to tar j. edgar hoover by his enemies and has been promoted ever since. the problem with that story is that it distracted from the true scandal of j. edgar hoover which is that he used sex files on every senator and supreme court justice, to basically control the federal government over the 47 years he served as fbi director. it undermined the consti

thank you so much for joining us here and before we go tonight it's time for our tweet of the day larry flynt has a new book out with a very long title it's called one nation under sex how the private lives of presidents first ladies and their lovers changed the course of american history and he claims in this book of the most sexually promiscuous president oh it was a toss up between warren g. harding and john f. kennedy well when we when he heard the news president bill clinton quickly tweeted i beg to differ just ask monica that they're pretty nice so thanks for tuning in and make sure that you come back from our old according to defense secretary robert gates president obama has now authorized the use of armed drones in libya so we call it a war yet mr president as well that will have anthony rand on the show for a brand new installment of happy hour and the meantime don't forget to become a fan of the a lot of show on facebook and follow us on twitter and if you missed any of the night's show or any other nights you can always catch all the you tube dot com slash repos the interviews as

that is live saturday and sunday, all sorts of panels, all sorts of call-in guests, including larry flynt and we have our in depth bram on book t.v. sunday noon to 3:00. go to book t.v..org and you can get all the information about the l.a. times. weekend.e rest of your [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] ... # >> rick santorum has formed a presidential exploratory committee and will be joined by other potential candidates speaking at the americans for prosperity foundation spent -- presidential summit on spending and job creation. also includes former madden -- massachusetts governor mitt romney, tim pawlenti, minn. congresswoman michelle bachmann. you can watch and listen live on c-span, cspan radio, and ed c- span.org. yesterday, former senator rick santorum outlined his vision for u.s. foreign policy at a forum in washington very he called president obama's foreign policy and confusing and criticize the president for not -- not promoting freedom around the world. this is a speech at the ethics and public poli

and call-ins with larry flynt, 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 booktv.org, and get our schedule sent directly to your inbox. sign up for booktv alert. >>> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3, university of scranton professor katherine mayer on medical science during the civil war and the advancements made by the north and south. former senator and presidential candidate bob dole looks back at his political career during the nixon administration. and an examination of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between rutherford b. hayes and samuel j. tilden. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history where you can also press the c-span alert button and have our schedules e-mailed to you. >> prime minister's question time returned this week after a three-week easter recess. prime minister david cameron and ed miliband debated the results of a new government report indicating the british economy grew b

panels on science, american history, climate change and the constitution and call-ins with larry flynt, sally pipes and walter mosley, just a few highlights from the "los angeles times" festival of books. get the entire schedule online at book tv.org and sign up for book the alert. -- for booknotes alert. -- for book tv alerts. >> the advancements made by the north and south. former senator and presidential candidate bob dole looks back at his political career during the nixon administration and the disputed -- election between ruther ford b. hagse and. go to c-span.org/history and press the c-span alert button and have our schedules emailed to you. >> what i try to do is tell a story with visuals instead of words, so i'm basically writing paragraphs. they just happen to be with images. >> with four pulitzer prizes, carol guzy has won the award more than anybody. >> i think we get to experience so many parts of the human condition on so many levels. >> she eel talk more about her craft tonight on company's "q&a." go to c-span.org/podcast for more. like today, the white house correspond

and call-ins with larry flynt, sally pipes and walter mosley, just a few of the highlights from our livee of the los angeles times '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. >> and now former republican white house deputy national security adviser elliot abrams discusses policy towards israel with robert wexler. they also talk about recent events in egypt and syria. this event took place earlier this week here in be washington, it's about an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please, welcome to the stage our debaters for thisçó session, elliot abrams and robert wexler. moderating the debate thiser. morning is jason isaacson. [applause]Ñi >> good morning.. hello from ajc's 2011 global forum. before we begin with this morning's debate, i want to mak0 sure you've picked up a copy ofp today's "wall street journal", and you will see in the center of the paper an advertisement,w the united states and israel, an enduring partnership. enduring partnership. please pick it up. go

and call-ins with larry flynt, sally pipes and walter mosley.st 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, and get our schedule sent directly to your inbox. sign up for book the a-- booktv alert. >> congratulations again to all the winners of this year's student cam video documentary competition. view all the the winning videos anytime at studentcam.org and continue the conversation at our facebook and twitter pages. if you'd like an early start on next year's competition, the theme is the u.s. constitution. create a video about why it's important to you. look for details at our new student cam 2012 web site starting august 1st. >> a member of the syrian opposition who's here in washington says the assad regime would eventually be brought down by protests sweeping the country. more than 200 members of the syrian parliament resigned this week in response to the violence. at this hudson institute discussion on syria, we hear a critique of the obama admini