we are pleased to be joined by the executive editor of the los angeles times. what is your role when it comes to this book festival? fax to enjoy it. -- to enjoy it. >> i had a session earlier called asked the reporter asked the editor. taking questions from the community and that was a lot of fun about the l.a. times. walk around, enjoy it, be inspired by it. i'm glad we could host it, it's a big community event. a big literary event nationally. it's a great time, a way to connect people with each other. >> what were some of the questions you got today? >> there were questions including what is different between the media in los angeles and the east coast media in terms of is there anything different than what people are consuming and walking and how have you adapted to los angeles being from the east -- there were a lot of great questions, great questions about tourism, coverage. it was a fantastic session. >> how did you answer that question now that you have been executive editor of the los angeles times for two years? espn, washington post is his backgroun

so, ann, give us the abcs of the los angeles times festival of books. when did it begin?guest: it began in 1996. so we're in our 28th year and super excited for that. >> host: and how did it get started? >> guest: it was, it was started by the editorial team at the times, the books editor and book withs team, and -- books team k and it was conceived as a gift to the city of los angeles. and it was started in that very first year, to no one had any idea what it was going to be. a rainy april weekend in los angeles, which was kind of surprising, but the sun came out and the people came out in droves. it was on the campus of ucla, and it was a huge success. and it's been going ever since. >> host: so you were at ucla for several years, but you've moved over to usc in the recent past. why is that that? >> guest: yes. yeah, well, we were at ucla for about 15 years, i think. and then we, you know, sort of just parted ways at that point. i i mean, i think that we were looking to sort of be in a more central part of the city, more accessible to california as a whole. usc is right

i mean, we have our los angeles times mainstage, which is really feature celebrity talent. and i would say, you know, and it's it's across movies and television and music. and so there's a lot of celebrity talent involved there. but beyond that, i mean, we do have some california focused panels, but it's very it's very wide. and we have authors who come. from all over the country and all over the world actually, we have we we give a set of book prizes every year, which we're going to be in our fourth, third year in the book prize. sarah moni takes place on the friday night, april 21st, and it kicks off the festival of books and many of those authors that are finalists for the prizes will be in the festival. and they came. they come from all over the world, actually. so we it's it's very wide. so i wouldn't say that it's strictly california focused. now, when you reach out to authors, are you able to go beyond the big five publishing houses? do you look at some of the university presses, etc.? we do, yes, definitely. we have lots of smaller presses that are that are involved

viewer collins with john j edgar hoover, and los angeles times executive editor kevin meredith. and our coverage continues with authors mark full men and -- and talkshow host dennis prager will take your calls live on the air. watch the los angeles times festival of books alive this weekend at 1:30 eastern on book tv, and on c-span two, to see the full schedule visit our website, book tv.org. >> the very first president to attend the white house correspondence dinner was calvin coolidge in 1924, i had been elected to the united states senate. >> washington's black-tie event, is saturday, at 8:00 eastern. this year's headliner is the daily shows roy wood junior. and president joe biden is expected to attend. watch on c-span, c-span now are free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. next week, on the c-span networks, the house and the senate are both in. the house will go on the debt increase bill. in the senate will vote on -- will hear the effects of medical cannabis for veterans. a senate pro -- a senate appropriations subcommittee will hear the budget for the white house ca

watch "the los angeles times" fest very of books live this weekend at 1:30 eastern on book tv on c-span2. to see the full schedule visit our website booktv.org. pres. biden: very first president to attend a chows correspondents' din we are us calvin coolidge in 1924. i had just been elected to the senate. >> the white house correspondent's dinner, washington's premier black tie event is saturday. watch c-span's live coverage from the washington hilton hotel including red carpet arrivals of journalists, politician and celebrities this year's headliner is the "daily show's" roy wood very. president biden is expected to speak. the white house correspondents' dinner, live, saturday april 29, live on c-span, c-span now, our free meebl video app, or online at c-span.org. >> next a hearing on federal food assistance in the upcoming farl bill before the senate agriculture subcommittee on food and nutrition. it was chaired by senator john fetterman. his first time chairing a subcommittee after extended absence for treatment of depression. during the hearing witnesses talked about the impact and o

howard: los angeles time says it's reported didn't submit the question in advance but spends time talkingthe press office. karine jean-pierre said this. >> it is entirely normal for a president to be briefed on reporters who will be asking questions at a press conference, and issues that we expect they might ask about. howard: it is not clear how president biden got the gist of the first question, but there it was on his note card, a long, detailed answer about semiconductor manufacturing and geopolitics. is there something not closure? >> maybe it was a lucky guess where this reporter had been asking questions behind the scenes about this issue and said mr. president, we believe that she might ask about this and here is some preparation but that is a very detailed little cheat sheet not just with her identity, question number one, the name, the pronunciation, the photo and talking points specifically about what she proceeded to ask about. we have several colleagues at fox who used to be white house press secretary. they all came out saying this is basically unheard-of. it should be. if t

we are alive from the los angeles times festival of books. on the campus of the university of southern california. we are live all day. in half an hour, the next author panel will begin. that will be a look at 20th century biographies. you will see authors talking about their biographies on jagger hoover, jim thorpe -- on j edgar hoover, jim thorpe, valentine, and picasso. we are pleased to be joined by mark whitaker, former managing editor at cnn, former bureau chief for nbc news, former editor of newsweek, and an author as well. his newest book is called saying it loud: 1966the year black power challenged the civil rights movement. mr. whitaker, what is important about the year 1966? >> it is a year when, after a decade of a civil rights movement that people have associated with martin luther king and had been focused on the fight against discrimination, jim crow, voting rights and so forth that we all remember, there was this young generation of blacks who rose up to question a lot of the goals and also the tactics. it was a year that stok

of the history of science at harvard and also taught at uc san diego and has written for the los angeles times among many other newspapers. we valued her at the los angeles times as a very important source on issues of climate policy and others. eric is also a historian of science and has been published widely and serves as the historian of -- at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. next to them, bill cohen. his book is "power failure, the rise and fall of an american icon" and as he puts it the astounding rise and unimaginable fall of general electric, one of the few american corporations that could be described as iconic. bill holds degrees from columbia's journalism and business schools and has been a journalist and investment banker, which allows him to write about business with unique insight and the patrician he is currently at an online media venture he founded and that is keeping him busy because he has been covering such topics as the downfall of ftx and that is a full-time job. [laughter] rick cordesman, his book is "still broke" which will tell you about walmart, probably one

you won the los angeles times book award for biography last night. >> i did. ask and you have already won the bancroft prize. >> correct. >> in your speech last night you referred to j edgar hoover as complicated and terrible. why do you use the word terrible? >> i think one of his main influences over this vast swath of time that he was director of the fbi were real invasions and violations of people as individuals, social movements, people engaged in perfectly legal activity. a lot of that came from his own ideas and desire to control what was happening. i think there are some of the worst things he did and major features of his legacy. >> how did he get started with the fbi and when? >> it was almost fainted that j edgar hoover would end up doing this. he was born in washington in 1895 and he came of age in a government service tradition, a civil service family. he graduated from college in 1917 when the u.s. was entering world war i. he went straight to the justice department and rose through the ranks to become head of the bureau at the ripe old age of 29

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the president of the united states, even the photo of reporters, including the reporter of the los angeles times, should be able to control information. he must be the oldest president in the history of the united states at 80 years old the future of this country is also nominated. the republicans should be concerned about the circulation of this video made by artificial intelligence , which was released immediately after the announcement of the unmarried biden 's candidacy in the presidential election. biden in 2024 shows in this video made with artificial intelligence announcing the new news , the new news says that china will attack taiwan this morning. refugees and the occupation of san francisco by the army are responsible for the creation of crimes and crises. thank you for your support. ms. salami continues the weather news from mashhad to yazd , in the name and memory of god. with regards to your presence , dear viewers of the khabar network, currently in parts of our country, coverage of the report day and night in the past, more important than it was predicted, he said that we had torr

and beverley gauge and -- hand los angeles times executive, kevin meredith. on sunday, our coverage continues with others, mark fomin and jennifer carlson on gun violence. talk show host, dentist break, or will take your calls live on the air. watch the los angeles times festival of books, live this weekend at 1:30 pm eastern on book tv. on c-span two. to see the full schedule, visit our website. book tv dot org. all this, month watch the top 21 winning videos from the student cam documentary competition. every morning at 6:50 eastern, before washington journal, we will air one of our winning documentaries. where students are asked to ha what their top priorities would be if they werly elected members congress. watch the top 21-winning student cam documentary is all this month at 6:58 am eastern on c-span. also, head over to student cam.org to watch all winning entries anytime online. up, next to look at continuing efforts to curb violence in the u.s.. los angeles police chief, michael, bore spoke with the homeland security advisory council about the state of

making of the american century has already won the bancroft prize in american history and the los angeles times award for biography. congratulations. thank you for spending time with us. our live coverage of the los angeles times book festival continues now. next, an author discussion on the legacy of slavery through the generations. you are watching book tv on c-span. >> good afternoon. welcome, everybody live at the l.a. times book festival. we hope you're having an extraordinary day. welcome also are friends coming in via this recording for c-span's book tv. we are thrilled to be with you. my name is martha jones and i have the distinct pleasure of moderating the panel today. the legacy of slavery through the generations. my first task is to introduce the extraordinary authors. i begin to my left. carry greenwich is the author of the grimkes: the legacy of slavery in an american family. congratulations on being a finalist this year before the l.a. times book prize. rachel jamison webster, author of "benjamin banneker and us: 11 generations of an american family." welcome, rachel. williams, a

. >> president biden: we will take a question, courtney from the los angeles times. >> thank you, mr. president. your top economic policy has been to build up competition within choo, are you damaging key ally to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? >> brooke: former white house secretary under president trump kayleigh mcenany calling out the special treatment by the media. >> kayleigh: the idea that sipresidential press conference, given questions ahead of time and write it down, that is inconceivable thought to me as a former press secretary. to biden, you are socializing in the west wing, you are not true members of the press if you are doing that. >> ashley: interesting string of events. thank you. hunter biden attorneys meeting with the doj demanding updates on the probe into his business affairs. he is facing felony tack fraud and making false statements while purchasing a gun. house republicans are investigating him and his family alleging they raked in millions from foreign investments. the white house and hunter biden's counsel deny wrongdoing. >> todd: and show

at a joint press conference is wednesday, showing a question that would come from a specific los angeles times reporter. >> can you explain how that ended up there and why the president needed something like that? >> it is entirely normal for a president to be briefed on reporters who will be asking questions and issues we expect they might ask about. >> brooke: los angeles times writing, our reporter did not support questions in advance, she is in regular contact seeking information for reporting. you would have to ask the white house who prepared the document and why they included that question. the question did not exactly match what was seen on the card, but the topic was the same. >> ashley: interesting, thank you. reince priebus served as chief of staff and had a lot to say about president biden. >> i was thinking about the press secretary issue. one of two i think thises happened, either the press secretary prescreened the questions or suggested them ahead of time or all the reporters sent in questions and those questions were chosen based on whether the press secretary or joe biden lik

first question from courtney from "the los angeles times." >> thank you, mr. president.r top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korean companies that rely heavily on beijing are you damaging a key ally in the competition with china to help your domestic politics ahead of the election? >> emily: the "l.a. times" now denying any wrongdoing after yesterday's presser telling fox news, "our reporter didn't submit any questions in advance of the q&a with president biden." courtney covers the white house for "the los angeles times" and as such, she's in regular contact with the white house press office seeking information for her reporting. you'd have to ask the white house who prepared the document for the president and why they included that question, kayleigh, word-for-word! >> kayleigh: it's really something. the question involved semiconductors it also involved alliances and how it would be affected. i never had that level of detail to pro

lorraine ali is a tv critic for the los angeles times.ed. when he came in, he was quite beloved. there was a sense of...kind of he was a jovial, light presence on late night tv in troubled times, as they have been. and now it's kind of a mixed verdict because he lost that nice guy persona when we found out more about him kind of behind the scenes, and he got a little obscured and eclipsed by the other late night hosts that were more political, political satire. when your edge is being the nice guy, being the self—deprecating guy who brings levity into the situation, when that's your one edge and you blow that, or it gets blown or your cover gets blown, it's a problem. and, you know, he's up against — they're not exactly in the same time slot, but stephen colbert, who is incredibly sharp, seth meyers in the same timeslot, and it was just really, i think, hard for him to keep up. and then after a while, i also think that kind of feel good, glad—handing wore on people. you know, as the news shows today with pence and everything that's going

the los angeles times looks like an extension of the biden campaign.it tells us biden's handlers will do anything to avoid a press conference with unscripted questions. this is the basement strategy for the 24 campaign. more serious than a campaign strategy. the cheat sheet raises the question of who is calling the shots. who is exercising potential power? somebody is telling him what to say and we are expected to just lap it up for 18 months, that's not right. if the president can't handle questions at a time of war and crisis. he need handlers to tell him what today. if we have to live under the threat of a harris presidency, he should not be running for a second term. the second hour of varney just getting started. stuart: congressman dan crenshaw joins us of this morning. as i said before, will the real president please stand up because we don't know who's calling the shots. what say you? >> not sure i have much to add. no secret that biden probably isn't calling the shots. he is big and in cognitive decline for quite some time now. it is disappoin

of the history of science at harvard and also taught at uc san diego and has written for the los angeles timesamong many other newspapers. we valued her at the los angeles times as a very important source on issues of climate policy and others. eric is also a historian of science and has been published widely and serves as the historian of -- at the jet propulsion laboratory in pasadena. next to them, bill cohen. his book is "power failure, the rise and fall of an american icon" and as he puts it the astounding rise and unimaginable fall of general electric, one of the few american corporations that could be described as iconic. bill holds degrees from columbia's journalism and business schools and has been a journalist and investment banker, which allows him to write about business with unique insight and the patrician he is currently at an online media venture he founded and that is keeping him busy because he has been covering such topics as the downfall of ftx and that is a full-time job. [laughter] rick cordesman, his book is "still broke" which will tell you about walmart, probably one o

we picked the los angeles times, which has not gotten a question in some time.t to add that the fact that california has the largest korean american population in any state in the country and l.a. has the biggest population of any city in america. l.a.t. is the biggest daily paper serving that population. we're mindful on who we pick and who we want to communicate out to. that's how we move forward with mary ann courtney. we thought that is pretty reasonable, wanting to as we have the south korean president with us during this press conference. weless want to communicate with the korean american. that's how we move this process forward. >> is it your contention -- >> i'm not -- jacqui is not done. jacqui, your colleague -- your colleague is not done. >> it's a very reasonable question. >> no -- >> i hear you. can you wait your turn? >> absolutely. >> thanks, john. i do. >> just to be clear, the people, skeptics that saw the card and saw question number 1 and think that that was a signal that it was preorganized. did the president have other questions that he was

orders than ever again tips again cheat sheets, as it was the day before by a journalist from los angeles, times. whose name and biden's question were written on a piece of paper, in the publication itself, everything was passed over to the white house, they say. it was their creativity. corinne jean-pierre, unlike the boss, has to explain herself without cheat sheets. it's perfectly normal for the president to get information about the reporters who will be asking questions at the press conference and the questions we expect them to ask. how then is trump? the previous american president himself managed to ask a rhetorical question to the audience and he himself answers it with parodies of biden. i'm running for president. where the hell should i go. i want to leave. and right there, right there. tonight in new hampshire , trump was on a roll. he told the audience that the united states is heading full steam ahead towards the great depression, and corrupt politicians are to blame for this, and it's time for them to pick up new nicknames. killer quince i will withdraw hillary clinton's corrupt n

and los angeles times executive editor, kevin mÉrida. n sunday, our coverage continues with author smartphone, and jennifer carlson on gun violence, and talk show host, we'll take your calls live on the air. watch the los angeles times festival of books, live this weekend at 1:30 pm eastern on book tv, on c-span two. to see the full schedule, visit our website, book tv dot org. >> c-span has your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these television companies and more, including charter communications. >> charter is proud to be recognized as one of the best internet providers and we are just getting started. building 100,000 miles of new

the latest reports come nearly two decades after los angele times first reported that from 19 98 to 2003st of any justice at the time. justice thomas's apparen reaction to that report in the los angeles times was just simply refused to report any more gifts clarence thomas says that he met her line crow roughly seve years into his tenure on the supreme court, the foreign fronts by any reasonable human being and any reasonable supreme court justice, would b that harlan crow wanted to b friends with clarence thomas simply because he was a suprem court justice. that fact should hav controlled and limited justice thomas's acquaintance with republican billionaire harla crow, who is a major funder of republican campaigns you know that clarence thoma knows he is in trouble because he has finally been forced t issue a written statement abou this latest report, saying early in my court at the tenth -- i sought guidance from m colleagues and others in the judiciary, and was advised tha this sort of persona hospitality from close persona friends, who did not hav business before the court, was not r

. >> book tv returns to the los angeles times festival of books live from the university of southernalifornia featuring more than 35 authors over two days. saturday, coverage includes discussions on labor with authors terry greenidge and eliane wu and fewer collins with beverly gage on j edgar hoover and that los angeles times editor kevin marriner. sunday coverage continues with authors mark foreman and if our on gun violence and talkshow host dennis prager will take your calls live on the air. watch the festival of books live this weekend at 1:30 p.m. eastern on books tv on c-span2. s

los angeles times television reporter steve battaglio, as always, thank you so much, - >> thank you, sir. >> coming up next, what it means for the business of fo news plus, we are going to play you bill maher her's reaction to the dominion lawsuit settlemen and how that may have played into tucker's downfall los angeles times television reporter steve battaglio, as always, thank you so much, - >> thank you, sir. >> coming up next, what it means for the business of fo news plus, we are going to play you bill maher her's reaction to the dominion lawsuit settlemen and how that may have played into tucker's downfall later in the hour, hour trip t ireland and northern ireland including my conversation with president joe biden, and why h thinks the fragile peace i northern ireland will hold even in the face of ne challenges >> you said, actually, in your speech you said a lot of american investment right now, is on the sidelines. they are waiting to come int northern ireland >> there is, they want to make sure that this doesn't end u not being put together look, the way to end up having a

courtney covers the white house for the los angeles times.such she is in regular contact with the white house press office seeking information for her reporting. you would have to ask the who who prepared the do you want for the president and why they included that question." well, the briefing is going to happen in about 15 minutes, it would stand to reason that the white house will get lots of questions about this. aishah. >> aishah: i would hope so. >> john: howie kurtz, put on the screen the cheat sheet, it had her photo on it, probably so the prose could recognize her and further caption of foreign policy and semiconductor, etc., etc., and then the question. listen here. >> thank you, mr. president. your top economic priority has been to build up u.s. domestic manufacturing in competition with china. but your rules against expanding chip manufacturing in china is hurting south korean companies that rely heavily on beijing. are you damaging a key ally to help your domestic politics ahead of the election. >> john: we saw what the los angel

maria: fox news reached out to the los angeles times they claimed the reporter did not submit a questionit was the same question on the card. a lot of coincidences. >> exactly this is frustrating, it's journalism one-on-one in you normally submit topics in the fact that there was a question specific wording. i do have to say he's not known for his eloquence a press conference so the fact that he's getting these ahead of time and that's all were getting, that is pretty concerning. >> the cheat sheet reminds me that i think president biden all but admitted to committing plagiarism when he was younger and still had half a mind so this comes as no great surprise. maria: will become back fbi had christopher wray giving a dire warning about china and the cyber abilities in the secret police stations front and center across the united states. we are on it. how much would you pay for a paperback purse. the eye-popping enter price tag of this one back in a minute. ♪ >> next become warnings with maria. tuesday we take you life to the global conference in los angeles you hear from luminaries across

haley smith covers all of this for the los angeles times and joins us. thank you for being here.ld you give us a sense of the damage this string of storms caused california? our rovery efforts in rebuilding efforts underway? >> yes, recovery efforts are underway. it has been a remarkable winter. owing into the season, we were on the tail end o the driest three years on record. the skies opened up. we saw widespread flooding, turkiye -- levee breaches, property damage, nearly three dozen people have died. it has been a pretty challenging winter for us in that regard. as of right now, there are still people that don't have access to their homes, still evacuated communities, people underwater, people who have lost their livelihoods due to flooded farm fields or infrastructure challenges. we have a lot of work to do to dig from this winter, even though it seems the storm systems have stopped. >> i want to touch on the issue of the drought. this is from the u.s. drought monitor. it shows how bad it was. this is december. california was nearly all red. a few months later, it is gone. d

the los angels times whose question came up on the clue was written in syllables.that the head of the white house does not accidentally get into another embarrassment. in general , one can once again be convinced that the democratic press does not even think of raising any unexpected topics in a conversation with the us president, and all allegedly sensitive issues are agreed in advance with the white house administration. well, and by the way, how the representatives of the supposedly democratic media themselves react to uncomfortable topics by an american activist who came to a closed media conference to ask why the largest publications are engaged in disinformation and hush up the truth, what came of it? so far, that anton podkovenko anton welcome. well, how did he manage to get honest answers. greetings no, of course, i did not hear any honest answers. answer he was silenced, and then generally pushed out of the hall quite in the spirit of modern american democracy and free speech. they wanted to talk about the high standards of american journalism, but at a co

point, something rupert murdoch cited as a factor for carlson's dismissal according to the "los angeles times finding an fbi person who was implanted in the crowd and spinning this conspiracy that they were ultimately the ones responsible for the capitol attack. >> reporter: court documents filed in grossberg's lawsuit also show text messages that reveal carlson repeatedly called trump lawyer sidney powell a vulgar term. grossberg's allegations likely played a bigger role in carlson's departure than the network's recent $787 million settlement with dominion voting systems, says npr media critic eric deggans. >> those kinds of claims seem to be something that fox moves very quickly to deal with as opposed to other types of infractions. >> reporter: and i spoke to grossberg's attorney today. she said they have not determined a dollar amount when it comes to the lawsuits filed against fox. and despite grossberg's claims that she was bullied, mocked, and even asked to spy on a co-worker, she says she also wants an apology. fox news has yet to comment. norah. >> jericka duncan, thank you. >>> ther

they even here the fathers agree with the journalists who ask this question, and then in the los angeles times and so on. uh, and then los angeles time will do utyunin, which happens to be a coincidence. yes, of course, completely by accident, as if we do not understand how these accidents happen. and by the way, i see by the reaction of the mainstream press. yes, how they are already starting to line up company in response to this campaign of trump and republicans about biden's age. today is the magazine for icons of place. you always know this in the trends of liberal ideology. yes, but the publishing began, so it began, what is the name of the caricature 2024? i think it's their joint age. that is, what is the question. yes , the fact that trump is also old , these same opponents of the republicans, democrats and liberals, start the company. that is, as soon as you start saying that look, what an old canoe. she says so, both old men, that yes, and you will see in this spirit. i i can already see the trends. uh, they will continue to stop this problem in this way, they will turn out to jail