and live, sunday may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> megan mcardle argues that the u.s. is unique in its willingness to let its citizens and businesses fail and says that this is what's made the country successful. this hourlong program starts now on booktv. >> thank you, everybody, for coming. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'm tim carney, i'm a visiting fellow here as well

and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the president for americans for tax reform,

sunday, may 4, our next in-depth .he guest, luis j rodriguez his work includes the award-winning "always running." >> a discussion about the social changes occurring in small towns and cities across the country. a conversation with scalia and ginsburg. after that, hillary clinton among the participants in the women in the world summit. >> james fallows and his wife deborah fallows sit down to talk about their observations of social changes taking place across the cry

luis j rodriguez, former gang member, author turned poet. he has his book, gang life, always running and 2011 release, it calls you back. booktv, every weekend on c-span2 >>> in international news from the associated press today, standing alongside japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, president obama reaffirmed it will defend the asian ally in confrontation with china over set of disputed islands. he called on both parties to peacefully resolve the long running dispute that heightened tensions between the two countries. the president called for u.s. and japan to resolve agreements over the completion of the trans-pacific partnership. the president is on a four-country swing through the asia-pacific region. from japan, president obama will visit malaysia, korea and the philippines. he is due back in washington next tuesday. >>> to iraq's ambassador to the u.s. gave assessment of potential outcomes of next wednesday's parliament at this elections in iraq. he spoke for the strategic of international studies in washington jed yesterday. this is

live, look for next in-depth guest, luis j rodriguez. includes the award-winning book on gang life "always running." book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> at a forum on immigration policy, political analyst examined the record on border enforcement and immigration reform as well as discussed congressional action on immigration. this is an hour and 20 minutes. . >> welcome, everybody. everybody to make sure you turn off your ringers on your phones, that would be terrific. we have a wonderful event today that is timely and also very informative and eye-opening too many people here. it's on a hot topic in washington right now. this is an issue driving the debate. the president has not followed the law. given them pause that he is a trustworthy partner. this is central to the way republicans are approaching the next few months and whether we will have an immigration bill not.- or this is a hot topic. there are dreamers demanding it did return to the country. the issue of what has really with border and immigration enforcement is really the

look for our next guest, luis j rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning, "always running" and "it calls you back." find book tv every weekend on c-span two. authors and journalists met recently in new york to discuss the future of the republican party at the manhattan institute. they talked for about an hour and a half. >> what is the future of conservatism? there are a great number of people qualified to discuss these questions. we have assembled a number of younger leading-edge journalists, scholars and authors who come from a variety of backgrounds to discuss what the way forward could be. they will not always agree, but perhaps through a thoughtful discussion we will illuminate the finer points of the debate. in a way, it reminds me of the early days of city journal, when people like kevin mcdonald and george kelling, hardly people who would be characterized as classic conservatives, manage to get together and form a conservative policy that was both coherent and successful. i feel like in many ways we are at the sa

and live, sunday, may 4, look for our next guest, luis j rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. "booktv," every weekend on c-span2. >> and our love of our country, we now engage in a strong symbol of american democracy, the respectful exchange of power. i now pass this gavel, which is larger than most gavels here, but the gavel of choice of mr. speaker boehner -- [applause] gavel and thes sacred trust that goes with it to the new speaker. god bless you, speaker banner -- speaker boehner. [applause] god bless you, congress, and god bless america. [applause] >> thank you all. [applause] it's still just me. [laughter] you foreaker, thank your kind words and your service to this institution. secondly, i want to welcome all our new members and families on what is a very special day. all of us who have been here remember visibly that first day that we serve here, and i think any of us can tell you that you will never forget today. >> find more highlights from 35 years of house floor coverage on our facebook page. c-span -- created by america's cable companies 35 years ago an

look for our next guest, luis j rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning, "always running"

and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the president for americans for tax reform, grover norquist, and several members of congress held a press conference thursday on tax policy and the need for tax reform. this is an hour. knox. >> my name is ryan ellis, i'm tax policy director for americans at tax reform. this is our annual tax day eve press conference where we highlight the irs issue along with members and senators. before i turn it over to grover norquist who's going to be the emcee of this event, i wanted to just run through the handouts you have on your seats so that you're familiar with them. and all these can be found, by the way, at atr.org. and dent forget our hash tag on twitter today which is @tax day. these are people who have committed to their constituents that they will not vote for any net tax increase as long as they are elected as a member of congress. next thing you h

and live sunday, may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez. his work includes the award-winning book on gang life, "always running," and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> the national transportation safety board held a forum on cruise ship safety at its headquarters here in washington. panelists included cruise line executives and safety and maritime experts. they reviewed recent high profile incidents examining ship design, fire protection and corporate oversight of cruise ships. this is about 90 minutes. >> welcome back. we will now proceed with our fifth panel, and i know we're all looking forward to hearing from them. mr. larue. >> thank you, chairman hersman. as a reminder for our possiblists, you'll -- panelists, you'll need to push the button on the microphone, please bring it close to you and be sure to turn it off when you're finished speaking. our next panel will explore how cruise lines plan for emergencies, carry out evacuations and account for personnel following an emergency. as well as li

and live, sunday may 4th, look for our next "in depth" guest, luis j. rodriguez, former gang member turned author and poet. his work includes the award-winning "always running" and his 2011 release, "it calls you back." find booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> megan mcardle argues that the u.s. is unique in its willingness to let its citizens and businesses fail and says that this is what's made the country successful. this hourlong program starts now on booktv. >> thank you, everybody, for coming. welcome to the american enterprise institute. i'm tim carney, i'm a visiting fellow here as well as a senior political columnist at the examiner. what i do here is the two programs, one is called the culture of competition where we talk about competition, we talk about things like subsidies and crony capitalism and when competition yields good fruits and when it might not yield good fruits. the other thing i work on is called the program on human flourishing where we talk about happiness. and both of those topics are addressed in our book we'll be discussing today whic