lauren g harding was elected president in november -- laurent hardingg -- warren g 1920.ected in novemberf he announced that albert fall would be in his cabinet. property of the navy. it was a preserve set aside for the navy for their purposes. the naval secretary, also a poker-plane buddy of warren somehow coaxed or theinced to transfer authority over the naval petroleum reserves to the interior department, where it very handily -- albert fall had a plan. he was later convicted of accepting bribes from a couple of oilmen for allowing them exclusive access to these naval petroleum reserve. it was done under the table. the evidence that albert fall's seizedhowed that he had -- received substantial amount of cash from harry sinclair to allow them an exclusive right to drill an area that was set aside for drilling. it was not to be drilled on. he was, in essence, doing what the interior department was specifically banned from doing. that is leasing out those oil fields to anybody. even worse, if they were to be leased out, they should have been leased out on a competitive basis. there is a m

in the same year, yves saint laurent chose a female model as the face of its spring/summer menswear collection. and just this year, luxury retaile barneys new york featured 17 transgender models in its spring campaign. >> none of these designers would be sort of trying to produce clothes that would appeal to masculine women if they didn't think there were people who could walk in with a wallet and pull out a credit card. >> reporter: though mainstream designers are starting to cater to the needs of the l.g.b.t.q. community, some shoppers say that sort of acceptance hasn't trickled down to their stores. >> most of our customers have tried department stores where the dressing rooms are typically gendered, and that is a really violent experience to be removed from a dressing room or to be told that you don't belong there because of your perceived gender. >> reporter: what wasurprising to you when just trying to shop at a store and going into a fitting room? >> there's a weird tendency in people to panic when they can't tell if you're a man or a woman, or how you may identify. >> reporter: rachel

we are most happy and grateful however to our visitor and guest laurent's goldstone -- lawrence goldstone. he's the co-author of more than a dozen books of fiction and nonfiction. six written with his wife, nancy, and has written extensively on both american and european history. larry has been widely interviewed on radio and television appearances on the diane green show on fresh air to the best of our knowledge the faith middleton show some of the take away and have it smiley and now the rogers memorial library. [laughter] his work has been profiled in "the new york times," the toronto star, salon and slate and his articles and review of opinion pieces have been in "the wall street journal," the "boston globecovered the la times, "chicago tribune," miami herald and hartford current. his current book "birdmen: the wright brothers, glenn curtiss, and the battle to control the skies," reviewed and received starred reviews in publishers weekly and library journal. it was chosen as one of the best books of the year so far by "time" magazine and was the subject of an entire column in "the new

that's it for our show but coverage continues with laurent o'donnell on "the last word." >> i'm in los angeles doing the show from our studio at universal studios. talking to all my friends in l.a. today, the ones who knew robin williams, just a devastating day here in this town. >> absolutely. i understand completely. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> within hours of robin williams' death today, president obama said this. robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bang-a-rang peter pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind. he arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. he made us laugh, he made us cry, he gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most. from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. the obama family offers our condolences to robin's family, friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to robin williams." >> tragic, devastating word that robin williams has been confirmed dead.

noble peace laurent is a leader here and she says it could fail if people don't support the government >> reporter: i >> translator: i'm here to tell them the ones that want to hurt yemen, we know that they target the ideals of the republic. >> reporter: the rallies are led by a major faction in the governing coalition. this is a show of force by opponents. they will rely on followers to show they have legitimate demands of those free, and those protests can lead to an armed confrontation. they are determined and are seen here pitching tents and readying for what may be a long political standoff. >> translator: a delegation dispatched by the president to negotiate a deal had no mandate. its member show disrespect for our demands. >> reporter: the talks with the government have collapsed. the president and his allies say that they're not willing to compromise. every passing hour creates a wedge between yemen's feuds factions. it was only two years ago that they force upped an alliance to build democracy in a country bessette by decades of conflicts and war. >>> afghanistan's election co

that's it for our show but coverage continues with laurent o'donnell on "the last word." >> i'm in los angeles doing the show from our studio at universal studios. talking to all my friends in l.a. today, the ones who knew robin williams, just a devastating day here in this town. >> absolutely. i understand completely. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> within hours of robin williams' death today, president obama said this. robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bang-a-rang peter pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind. he arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. he made us laugh, he made us cry, he gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to

>> no, no, eve saint laurent can't find it anywhere. something said you can find it on fragrance. com. ya, i don't want to get thrown off the plane, show up dior. back to school time. you want to get your kids looking good, right? we're doing this every year, our quincy hair kiss set you to a free haircut this morning. this is what you need to do. go over to the original pretty boys barber happen 6800 block of ogontz avenue. right now, i'm going to start doing this. in about four minutes, at 7:00. so again, it is 6800 block of ogontz avenue so west oaklane, ya, between now and 10:00 o'clock. >>> speaking of spending, one state in our area has been ranked among the least tax friendly states. i'm sure you can guess which one. where we landed and where you can seymour taxes on certain things in certain towns in the state. hey, caitlin's in. >> good morning, how are you? jacket-less today. >> i'm jacket-less. getting ready for the big parade. how is the weather going to be about 2:00 (. >> it will be nice, but very hot. >> i can hands it will. >> that's okay though, it will be real ni

themore, we are joined by chief executive laurent mignon live from parents -- harris. -- paris.evenue atod out was the corporate investment bank. it rose by 17%. when you compare that performance to your u.s. peers, you are outperforming your u.s. peers. how are you managing this? the fixedformance of income business has been very good during this quarter. it is true that the european fixed income business has been better than the u.s. business. that explains part of it. also, the team has been good. we have been in ranking. we had an active debt capital market activity, which explained the good result. >> do you think that artie percent increase this -- that 30%y percent -- that increase is sustainable? >> on the long-term, it is not. it is true that the second quarter of last year was a slightly poor quarter. if you look on the first half, fixeddouble-digit growth income revenue. it explained that it is a trend. other big division is savings which includes asset management. net inflows were 8.4 billion euros. where are the flows coming from? who are your customers right now? >

that's it for our show but coverage continues with laurent o'donnell on "the last word." >> i'm in los angeles doing the show from our studio at universal studios. talking to all my friends in l.a. today, the ones who knew robin williams, just a devastating day here in this town. >> absolutely. i understand completely. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> within hours of robin williams' death today, president obama said this. robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bang-a-rang peter pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind. he arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. he made us laugh, he made us cry, he gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most. from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. the obama family offers our condolences to robin's family, friends, and everyone who found their voice and their verse thanks to will be bin williams." >> tragic, devastating word that robin williams has been confirmed

that's it for our show but coverage continues with laurent o'donnell on "the last word." >> i'm in losm our studio at universal studios. talking to all my friends in l.a. today, the ones who knew robin williams, just a devastating day here in this town. >> absolutely. i understand completely. thanks, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> within hours of robin williams' death today, president obama said this. robin williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bang-a-rang peter pan and everything in between but he was one of a kind. he arrived in our lives as an alien but he ended up touching every element of thean

burberry, the executive from yves san laurent.ou wonder if they're planning for this. >> i don't doubt that the watch is going to look good. the gear s looks pretty good. but i go back -- so what? people really want this now. >> exactly. they cost between $200 and $300. which is a lot of money for a mass market product. they compete not only with your phone, which has a little time keeper in it as well, but it is also competing with a watch which a lot of people decided they don't want to wear. but what's nice about a watch on your wrist, sure, it tells time, it has a stopwatch and alarm, but you don't have to charge it every night. it has to fit both the stylistic demands of which aring it on a wrist in a way that makes a statement about yourself, and also being convenient and cost-effective enough that it becomes a must-have item kind of like your iphone. >> i do know people who have wanted the short movado because of this. they say don't bet against apple. if they get that right, it could displace this whole category. >> that's

each saint laurent dress from 1955 that i love that love to have copied. i love a wide variety, not just political. i like a lot of different things but my top of both i'm recommending is mark steyn's book, for myself i'm reading this one on "mother of the groom," then my next book i'm recommending is "the israeli solution" by caroline glick and then also lynne cheney's book on the life of james madison. and again you can't go wrong with some light reading as well. so that's what i'm reading this summer. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what's on your summer reading list, tweet us at the booktv, post it to our facebook page or send us an e-mail, booktv@c-span.org. >> up next on booktv norman finkelstein discusses his newest book, "old wine, broken bottle." it's a critique of ari shavit's best selling book, my promised land. you can watch and talk about his book on a website, booktv.org.

laurent dress from 1955 that i love that i'd love to have copied. so i love a wide variety not just political, i like a lot of different things, but my to be book i'm recommending is mark steyn's book that i'm recommending -- well, for myself i'm reading this one on "mother of the groom." then the next book i'm recommending is "israeli solution" by caroline glick, then lynne cheney's book on the life of james madison. and, again, you can't go wrong with some light reading as well. to that's what i'm reading this summer. >> what are you reading this summer? tell us what's on your summer reading list. tweet us, @booktv, post it to our facebook page or send us an e-mail be, booktv@cspan.org. >>> all week watch booktv in prime time. monday at 8:30 p.m. eastern and tuesday through friday at 8, booktv features a wide range of topics including foreign policy, law and legal issues, iran, coverage of book fairs and festivals from across the country and bestsellers from this year. and let us know what you think about the programs you're watching. call us at 2