luis j. rodriguez"it calls you back" is our book club selection, and so you can begin reading that right now, and we'll start posting items on our web site tomorrow. you can go to booktv.org, you'll see a little tab up there that says book club. we'll be posting this interview as well and some reviews, etc., some information about luis rodriguez. so go ahead and pick up a copy, and you can start reading that along with the rest of us. the next call comes from julie in paris, california. julie, please go ahead with your question or comment for luis rodriguez. >> caller: hello, mr. rodriguez. my name is julie, and i live out here in paris, california, in riverside county. i was raised and born in boyle heights. when my husband and i moved out here, we've noticed that here in riverside county is one of the largest hispanic growing areas here in california. but yet it's very hard to have people to rebelling ther the to vote. and i think that comes a lot from the parents. if they've never registered to vote

luis j. rodriguez and his wife tree are the founders tia chucha's. we have a question from the audience. >> i don't think it is on. president, congratulations on the successes. i was wondering if you could describe your literature event on may 17th. >> guest: one of the things we do is have literature and books. it is at the heart of what we do, music, dance theater, books are important even at a time when people say books are changing but in our communities there was no bookstore. talk about the northeast valley which 500,000 people size of the city, mexican, central america, african-american communities, white communities, the majority of latino, there was no cultural center, no movie houses, bookstores, 50 years ago we started this space and now we have this beautiful art work, we have murals, i don't want to say we did it but influence created a whole mural movement, we have a different group here, a resident group that comes to us and the economist works with us and a young boy that works with you

tenemos en exclusiva la familia de luis rodrÍguez, un hispano que muriÓ de una golpiza en oklahoma, asÍamos. ♪ >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn. >> nunca comenzamos el noticiero con inauguraciÓn de un museo, esto estÁ como un sÍmbolo para la naciÓn y para el mundo entero. obama, estuvo en la inauguraciÓn para dar la inauguraciÓn al pÚblico, tambiÉn estuvo un hispano protagonista de este acontecimiento, lo que cambiÓ la historia de este paÍs. >> ante un pÚblico de caras tristes y lÁgrimas en los ojos, el presidente de los estados unidos, inaugurÓ el museo memorial donde se exhiben objetos de la tragedia terrorista. >> el presidente obama, dijo que este museo es un recinto sagrado y el odio a los hombres y mujeres que salvaron vidas en el ataque. >> rodrÍguez estuvo participando la ceremonia. >> yo estuve aquÍ nueve meses y vi muchas muertes. >> rodrÍguez estuvo en el museo y vio a donaciÓn el casco que lo acompaÑÓ en la labor de sacar cuerpos durante meses. >> esto me tocÓ el corazón, todo estÁ allÍ. >> este hombre perdiÓ un hijo y esto le permite estar mÁs cerca de Él. >> mientras sea

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. >> clinical activist and political candidate luis rodriguez will take your questions starting at noon sunday on c-span2's book tv. week, reporters from bloomberg news and "the wall street journal" sat down to discuss the 2014 local and national elections. they looked at changes in demographics, redistricting, and the future of the republican party. the event was hosted by the anti-defamation runs a little more than an hour. >> i am stacy burdett. we are in for a treat. this is our opportunity to talk to two of our favorite political reporters and have a chance for all of us to be able to ask them questions front and center in our mind as adl advocates. we are in the middle of a three-day conversation about adl's mission and how we can make progress on issues like preserving the voting rights americans cherish or an acting an immigration reform policy that a majority of the american people crave. having theight and will of the majority on our side is not enough. adl is a nonpartisan organization. we are completely uninvolved in campaign activity. but in order for our advocacy to succee

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it is by a former gang member, louise rodriguez -- luis rodriguez. join the conversation in our book club chat room. find us on book tv.org. the house is in recess. our live coverage will continue on c-span when members return. earlier, the house adopted a resolution finding lois lerner in contempt of congress. that was for refusing to testify before the oversight committee about alleged targeting of conservative groups. well we wait for the house to return, we will show you some debate on the floor earlier today all stop we will start with darrell issa. so ordered. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: i yield myself two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. 2013, : on march 29, the congress started an investigation into whether the i.r.s. used a flawed process to find tax exempt organizations. to wit, i subpoenaed lois lerner because she was in charge of the office that executed and we believe targeted conservative group thesms two divisions of the i.r.a. most involved with the targeting were the e.o. determinations unit

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we are live in california for our monthly viewer call-in program, "in depth", and we have luis rodriguez is our featured guest. and how the country was found in his book, uncle sam can't count. and we visit utah to interview several of the cities authors and tour the literary sites. watch for this and many more this weekend on booktv on c-span2. for the full schedules, visit us at booktv.org. >> let's go. [cheers] [applause] >> welcome to ogden, utah, on booktv. located in northern utah. ogden is the first settlement in what is now a utah. nicknamed the junction city, the leader became the junction location for the union pacific and central pacific railroads. they are now considered one of the top 10 cities in the country to raise a family by forbes magazine. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for the next hour we will learn the history of the city from local authors. >> today when people think of utah, they think of two things. they think of the republican party as one of the strongest states in the country both in terms of the presidential election and the election. we were i

the online book selection is "it calls you back," by former gang member luis j. rodriguez.oin others to discuss the book online. >> a new assessment was released on global climate change finding the earth has been getting hotter and sea level continues to rise. the report claims climate change is already affecting people and calls for more action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. this is just over two hours. >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm director of the white house office of science and technology policy. it's my honor to be able to welcome you all to the white to launch this extraordinary event. course, to talk about the release of a third national assessment of impact on the united states. exists. this is the 20 page overview. this is the 140 page highlight. the 800 page document is live on www.globalchange.gov. thereare invited to go but not while today's speakers are talking. the assessment that we are launching today is distinguished by laying out with unprecedented comprehensiveness disaggregation, detail, and clarity how the climate is changing across the unite

online, our book club sleeves is "it calls you back" by luis rodriguez. >> booktv covers hundreds ofauthor programs throughout the country all year 0 long and here's a look at some events we'll taped this -- attend this week. look for these programs to air in the future. on monday, we're at the half king bar in restaurant in new york city for veteran writing project founder ron capps' recount of being in war zones and how it affected it. robert spencer's talk, and then wednesday, in new jersey, mike earp, former associate director for operations at the u.s. marshal service, looks at the over 200 year history of the marshal service. and then on thursday, it's back to the west coastor

former gang member, community activist, luis rodriguez with your calls and comments in depth noon onc-span 2. a hiss free of hawaii in the sugar industry. sunday night on c-span 3. both chambers of congress are in session. the house returns tuesday for legislative work with the votes at 730 p.m. to hear more about the week ahead, we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. clicks house speaker john banner says he intends to have them both for a select to midi to look into the 9/11 then ghazi attack. -- then ghazi attack. bob cusack is the managing director of the hill joining us for a look ahead. what was the point of forming g? committee, bob cusack cap previouslyner had not jumped on this legislation, legislation that was called for saying we need to have a select bipartisan committee to look into this. she deferredthat but the e-mails that have come out this week putting more pressure on john banner. 180 nine had already signed onto that legislation. now indicating that they will go forward and moved to the select committee. the makeup and the details are still to be determined. john b

clubnline, our book reading "it calls you back" by luis rodriguez. >> the head of the federal housinginance agency, which oversees blenders fannie mae and freddie mac, has said his agency will say out of the housing debate on capitol hill. of watt added it is the job the it ministration and the congress and not the fha to determine such legislation. at the brookings institute yesterday, this is about an hour. >> good morning, everybody. welcome. president and director of economic studies here at the brookings institution. i'm pleased today to introduce today's keynote speaker, mel watt, who is the director of the federal housing finance agency. we are thrilled to have director walked here today -- director wa tt here today. we are now approaching 60 are since fannie mae and freddie mac were placed into conservatorship. much has changed since then, including the profitability of , but theries fundamental structure in many ways is unchanged. while congress actively debates whether and how to reform the housing finance system, the decisions that director watt and fha make are critically

tv, former on book gang member and activist and political candidate, luis rodriguez will take your calls and comments on c-span two. on history tv, a look at hawaii and the sugar industry will stop sunday night at 9:35 p.m. >> the white house correspondents dinner coming up tomorrow night and our coverage on c-span starting at 6:00 eastern. tonight, at one of the pre-parties. more than one dozen events associated with the dinner is being held in washington. one of them at the canadian embassy. ago is from a short time this evening. some of the arrives at the party. this is a republican senator roy blunt. the hill is hosting this invitational only event. some of the arrivals of the celebrities, politicians, and journalists from earlier. again, the white house correspondents dinner is tomorrow. coverage is starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern with the red carpet arrivals. president obama is a featured speaker. still to come tonight on c-span, the u.n. security council hold a meeting in the recent violence in that country. the german chancellor discusses the future of u.s. relations with her count

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and live sunday on booktv, former gang member, community activist and political candidate luis j. rodriguezl take your calls and comments "in depth" at noon on c-span2. and on american history tv, a industry, sunday night at 9:35 on c-span3.ñr >> tim townsend reports on u.s. army chaplain henry georgia reck key and his assignment to minister to the nazi leaders on trial for crimes against humanity. the author recounts the lutheran minister's many ethical and spiritual conflicts in administering to the 21 nazis as the nuremberg trials and his interactions with the men during and following their trials as they awaited their sentences. this is about an hour.

and live sunday on booktv, former gang member, community activist and political candidate luis j. rodriguez will take your calls and comments "in depth" at noon on c-span2. and on american history tv, a industry, sunday night at 9:35 on c-span3.ñr >> tim townsend reports on u.s. army chaplain henry georgia reck key and his assignment to minister to the nazi leaders on trial for crimes against humanity. the author recounts the lutheran minister's many ethical and spiritual conflicts in administering to the 21 nazis as the nuremberg trials and his interactions with the men during and following their trials as they awaited their sentences. this is about an hour. [applause] >> thank you, first, to left bank for having me. it's, obviously, a great bookstore, and i spent a lot of time at left bank when i lived here, so thank you very much for hosting this event. i also want to just thank, first and foremost, my colleagues from the post dispatch who are here and who are my friends and have supported me for a long time when i wrote this book, for the six years that i wrote in this book and for the

this month, book tv' bookclub six -- selection is "it calls you back" by a former gang member, luis rodriguez. start reading and join the conversation with our other readers. look of what options are available to the u.s. for a russian intervention in ukraine. the center for strategic and international studies hosted this 1.5 hour event. >> thank you for joining us. i'm sam brannen, a senior fellow at the ces iso program and i'm privileged to be joined by three of my favorite foreign policy and security experts, the people whose opinions i want to hear on this issue. we are going to turn to them today to discuss the ukraine crisis and its implications for u.s. security. before i turn it over, i want to provide a little framing and i will take it from there and we will open it to questions from you at the end of the session. events over the past several days in eastern ukraine have underscored the growing danger of a prolonged civil and sectarian conflict. as high as the stakes are within ukraine, they are potentially greater for the united states, not just in europe and eurasia, but globally.

through love, addiction, revolutions and healing," by former gang member and community activist luis j. rodriguezstart reading and join the conversation with other readers in our book club chat room. find us at booktv.org. >> if you were accused of being ambitious in chinese, if you were accused of being wild-hearted, that was a, it was a death sentence. professionally, it could damage your family. what it meant was that you put group before anything else -- i'm sorry, you put yourself before the group. for chinese history that was totally unimaginable either under the confusion period or -- confucian period or, of course, the socialist period. when i got there, things were beginning to change in some deep way, and what i began to hear around me was people talking about themselves. not in a sort of self-glamorizing or self-promotional way, but just in a self-protective way, and in a way that they would say it matters what i want in this world and the world that i want to define for myself. so even the term in chinese for "myself" was transforming. people were getting comfortable using it. you kno

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our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member and community activist luis j. rodriguez. join other readers in the discussion at booktv.org. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. may 29th-31st booktv will be talking to authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show, bookexpo america, in new york city. on june 7th and 8th, we're live from "the chicago tribune"'s print beers low lit fest -- printers row lit fest. during that same weekend, the first sacramento black book fair will take place from june 6th-8th. then on saturday, june 21st, the franklin roosevelt presidential library will feature numerous author talks on the 32nd president. look for our coverage of the roosevelt reading festival on a future weekend. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area, and we'll add them to our list. e-mail us at booktv@cspan.org. >> next on booktv, "after words," with guest host jeffrey rosen, president and ceo of the national constitution center. this week justice john paul stevens and h

gang member and committee activist political candidate and karl sandburg lit array award winner luis j. rodriguezake your questions, in depth live for three hours starting at noon eastern today on c-span2's booktv. >> up next on booktv, "after word" with guest host, executive director of the national lawyers guild. this week deputy editor of the futures magazine patrick tucker and his new book "the naked future: what happens in a world that anticipates your every move." mr. tucker is a communications director for the world future society. he argues date has created smart prediction models for individual behavior. he discusses the application with such accurate models with surprising conclusions. this program is about one hour. >> host: patrick, your book couldn't be time to. -- couldn't be more timely. ..

revolutions and healing," by former gang member turned candidate for governor of california, luis j. rodriguez simply go to booktv.org and click on "book club" to enter the chat room. once you're there you can log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on mr. rodriguez's book. >> booktv continues now with sylviane diouf. she represents a people who escaped slavery and created self-sufficient communities in desolate regions of the south. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, khalil, very much for the introduction, and i'm delighted to be here to play the role of questioner of sylviane diouf about her marvelous new book, "slavery's exiles." and at the end we'll have a little time for questions from the audience. a microphone over there for that purpose be, so keep it in mind after we have finished our conversation. and just to remind you what was said, you can purchase her book outside, and it's well worth doing. i think togi

and online are bookclub selection it calls you back, luis j rodriguez. >> you know, a lot at times you would say, look, this is not for attribution. it is for act round attributed to a white house source. you can't do that with light cameras it you can't say i am just giving you the staff of background. this is not for publication. >> did you grieve from background on the podium at the white house? collection sure, but not a whole befriend and let me give you something on background. >> the fatal mistake that i made -- and this is in the weeds for our audience and interesting to some of you -- i did not put their distinction -- the restriction that it was not available for live. it was available for use as part of the stories that you would produce because the briefing is not a news event. it is part of the way in which people gather information, put their stories together, test other sources, get other information, together a conference of report and put it together for your consumers of news. >> i once did questions on what is universal health care? what if one person -- >> vaguely f

and online, are bookclub back,ion it calls you luis j rodriguez. >> you know, a lot at times you would say, look, this is not for attribution. it is for act round attributed to a white house source. you can't do that with light cameras it you can't say i am just giving you the staff of background. this is not for publication. >> did you grieve from background on the podium at the

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tv book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member and community activists luis j. rodriguez. start reading and join us in the book club chat room. find us at booktv.org. speaking before the joint economic committee is federal reserve chair janet yellen discussing the declining market and geopolitical tensions as potential threats to the economicgrowth. she emphasized the fed's commitment to keeping the overnight interest rate near zero. this hearing is in our and 45 minutes. >> good morning. we will begin. .ongratulations we welcome you to your first appearance before the zoning committee. we look forward to many more good june will mark the anniversary of the end of the great recession. this is that weakness or the -- near the bottom. --s has graded a growth cap created a growth cap. if this recovery had been nearly average, the u.s. economy would be $1.4 trillion larger. american workers would have 5.7 million more private sector jobs available. they would of four, have more money each month. , the one exception to this is wall street. the s&p 500 total return index has mo

and online our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member luis j. rodriguez. join other readers to discuss the book at booktv.org. >> u.s. trade representative michael froman testifies next about the administration's trade agenda. he appeared last week before the senate finance committee. he said there's progress between the trans-pacific partnership between the u.s. and other latin american and other nations. senator wyden chairs the committee. >> the finance committee will come to order. for decades, american trade policy has been a story ofed a aptation and change -- of adaptation and change. in particular, the extraordinary economic changes of the last generation demonstrate how important it is that future trade policies are reformed to reflect the times. for example, consider how technology has transformed the american and the global economic landscape. in the 1990's an entire month's worth of internet traffic data would sit on a single hard drive that can you buy for 50 bucks at any electronic store. more than two billion people log onto the net regularl

but luis j. rodriguez.join other readers to discuss the book at booktv.org. >> the chair of the federal reserve, janette yellen's comments during a hearing on capitol hill. she testified about the current economic outlook. this is held by the joint economic committee. t's about two hours. >> good morning, the joint economic committee on the hearing of the economic outlook of the united states will begin and to start, i congratulate chair yellen on her appointment to head the federal governors reserve system. i and other governors welcome you to your first appearance before the committee and we look forward to many more. june will mark the fifth anniversary of the end of the great recession. this recovery ranks as the weakest or near the bottom. this recovery's persistent weakness has created growth gap relative to other recoveries. for example, if this recovery had been merely average then the 1.4 economy would be $ million strongers and a family of four in america would have over $1,000 more each month in

our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former gang member and committee activist luis j. rodriguezoin other readers in the discussion that booktv.org. >> the u.s. senate voted thursday to advance the nomination of david barron to sir on the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit. mr. barron has written legal memos justifying the use of unmanned aerial drones. next, senator rand paul explained his opposition to the nomination while senator ron wyden defends mr. barron. this is 45 minutes. >> i rise today in opposition to the killing of american citizens without trials. i rise today to oppose the nomination of anyone who would argue that the president has the power to kill an american citizen not involved in combat and without a trial. i rise today to say that there is no legal precedent for killing american citizens not involved in combat and that any nominee who rubberstamps and grants such power to a president is not worthy of being placed one step away from the supreme court. it isn't about just seeing the bear in the memos. some seem to be vacated by the fact that oh, they

live sunday on booktv, former saying member and political candidate luis j. rodriguez will take your calls and comments. on american history tv, hawaii and the sugar industry. sunday night at 9:35 on c-span3. "washington journal" continues. host: our friday roundtable focusing on the issue of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool, do they work? carla anne robbins is a senior fellow at the council on international relationship. mark dubowitz of the foundation for democracy. "the wall street journal" the president meets with angela merkel. german companies opposing sanctions, can you explain. guest: german companies opposed sanctions against iran, it is no surprise they are opposing sanctions against russia. the german corporate lobby is very strong. it is a very strong economic relationship between germany and russia. including former german chancellor, who is making a lot of money helping natural gas flow from russia to germany. no surprise. angela merkel is under pressure. host: one of the fundamental flaws of sanctions as a foreign-policy tool? guest: it is limited and

revolutions and healing," by former gang member turned candidate for governor of california, luis j. rodriguezsimply go to booktv.org and click on book club to somewhere the chat room. -- enter the chat room. you can log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on mr. rodriguez's book. >> host: kevin freeman, what do you do for a living? >> guest: i'm a money manager or, investment management. >> host: why are you writing books about security? >> guest: in 2008 when the stock market started to collapse, my clients were or losing money, and i wanted to understand why. so i started digging into it. i found evidence of financial terrorism in the 2008 collapse. i shared it with friends who were connected to the pentagon and the fbi, and the next ing thing i knew i was a government contractor doing research which came out in 2009 found unequivocally there were evidence of foreign terrorism, financial terrorism as part of the stock market crash. >> host: and that resulted in your first book. >> guest: which came out in 2012 titled "secret weapon." >> host: and

" an odyssey through love, addiction, revolutions and healing, by former gang member luis j.unity activist, rodriguez. start reading and join the conversation with other readers in our book club chat room, at tv.org. >> now a discussion of u.s. strategy regarding china. the center for strategic and international studies hosted the head of the pacific air force for a little less than an hour. we cover from hollywood to bolly polarnd from penguins to bears. the other think i'd like that thank michael and david for skiing me to present here after mustache march was over. mine was embarrassing, i openly admit that. pictures, i've tried to burn them all, i haven't been successful. well.did not do so i appreciate not having to have that when i was here. some people haven't quite figured that out yet. topic, i'll do a couple things here, but i'm looking forward to your questions. i believe, and i truly believe the the time i've spend in pacific, which is the gritter portion of my career is, this pacific century for the united states. it's been used before. secretary clinton said it a that it was even used i

n line our book club selection is "it calls you back" by former rodriguez. luis j. booktv.org. book at >> a lot of times you would say, this is not for attribution. this is for background. it to a white te house source or something. you can't do that with live cameras. you can't say i'm just giving you this for background but this is not for publication. did you actually do that, do from the background podium at the white house? >> not a whole briefing. let me give you something on background so you know it is that., something like >> a fatal mistake that i made and this is in the weeds for our audience, but interesting to some of you, i did not put the we had at the state department, which is it was not available for live broadcast. it was available for use as part that you would produce because the briefing is news event. it is part of the way in which eople gather information, put their stories together, test other sources, get other information, put together a comprehensive report and deliver it to your consumers of news. had to do i think 56 questions on what is universal

online, our book club selection is it calls you back by former gang member and community activist luis j. rodriguez. join other readers to discuss he book at booktv.org. "washington journal" continues. host: and this morning, we spotlight a think tank whose work often appears on this show, the counts soil foreign relations. joining us from the d.c. office is senior fellow, edward alden. first want to ask you about the mission. how do you see a role in major foreign policy debates like the one taking place right now, what's going on in ukraine? our our role is to try to be a source of useful information to the public, to the media, to policy makers, so in an event like ukraine, we've done a variety of events. we've done press calls with our experts that yes, you're going to have on next, steve sestanovich, i always have trouble with my s's early in the morning, with the former ambassador at large for president clinton, working on the newly emerging states in eastern europe. we do meetings here at the council with members to discuss some of the key issues. we've got fellows and scholars here working

by former gang member and current advocate, "luis j rodriguez."s on booktv.org. >> c-span's newest book, "sundays at 8:00." >> half the reason i did this book was martha. she was in love with what she referred to as the not too revolution. she wasn't fraud by the not seas, which struck me as a completely strange thing, given what we knew in hindsight, but there she was. >> erik larson, one of 41 unique andes from our book notes q&a conversations. published by public affairs books, now available at your favorite seller. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back, with charles drevna, here to talk about climate change. the white house is urging strong action, quick action on climate change, saying that it is happening now. let's just begin with your group and who you represent. first of all, thank you for having me. we represent all the refineries and petrochemical producers in the united states. so, every gallon of gasoline, every gallon of diesel, everything that goes into all those household goods and components, everything that we use

luis j. rodriguez, thanks for being with us on booktv. >> guest: it was my honor. >> host: thank you for hosting us.

discuss "it calls you back" by former gang member turned candidate for governor of california luis j. rodriguez. simply go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. once you are the you can log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts. >> next from the tucson festival of books a discussion about whitey bulger, america's most wanted gangster in the manhunt that brought him to justice. this is about one hour. >> good afternoon and welcome to the sixth annual tucson special books. my name is pam sutherland. we would like to thank the city of tucson for sponsoring this venue. we also thank rob and judy welcomes for sponsoring the session. the presentation will last one hour so please hold your questions to him. at the conclusion of the session the office will go to signing area to meet you an autograph

revolutions and healing" by former gang member turned candidate for governor of california, luis j. rodriguez. simply go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. once you're there you can log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on mr. rodriguez's book. >> here's a look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. this saturday booktv is live from the gaithersburg book festival in maryland. our coverage of the festival, now in its fifth year, includes talks by "the washington post"'s dan balz and mark leibovich, author of "this town," as well as a panel on the book industry. also this weekend is the south carolina book festival in columbia, south carolina. congressman james clyburn will be in attendance to discuss can his book, "blessed experiences." may 29th-31st, book tv will be talking to authors and publishing executives at the publishing industry's annual trade show, bookexpo america, in new york city

revolutions and healing," by former gang member turned candidate for governor of california, luis j. rodriguez. simply go to booktv.org and click on book club to enter the chat room. once you're there you can log in as a guest or through your facebook or twitter account to post your thoughts on mr. rodriguez's book. >> you're watching book tv. next, richard vision uri looks -- viguerie looks at the split in the republican party over the size of the government, an argument that has existed since the teddy roosevelt administration. this program is just under 45 minutes. [laughter] >> thank you, john, and thank heritage foundation and thank heritage foundation's president, jim demint, for this opportunity. senator demint was my choice and i knew that jim[ó was goino be president, i just didn't know heas