lynn cheney, live on booktv, sunday, september 6th on "in depth." you can join us by sending questions or comments to lynn cheney at facebook.com/booktv, on twitter@booktv, or call in live. >> here's a look at some of the current best-selling nonfiction books. [inaudible conversations] >> you're watching booktv's live coverage of the mississippi book festival is that correcting now, panel on history and biography. this is in the state capitol in jackson, booktv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone to the inaugural mississippi book festival. my name is chris goodwin with the mississippi department of archives and history, this is our history and biography panel sponsor bid the humanities council. we have been broadcasting live on c-span's booktv. please silence your cell phones. all the panelists' books will be for sale downstairs at several tents, outside on mississippi street, and immediately following this panel, they will all be available in the adjacent tent to sign copies of those books. so we encourage you to take advanta

in that program with former second lady and senior fellow of the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> up next from the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, jim auchmutey, former reporter and editor at the atlanta journal constitution looked at civil rights, race relations through the lives of students at a world georgia high school 41 years after graduation. >> the washington -- >> good evening. i am sheffield hale, welcoming you tonight. we are thrilled to have you here. we have a couple ground rules.

followed on sunday with an in-depth program with senior fellow lynne cheney. c-span2 -- television for serious readers. >> republican presidential candidate ben carson was one of the speakers today at the iowa state fair soapbox. it is a long-standing tradition that gives presidential hopefuls up to 20 minutes to speak on any issue of virtuous. -- their choice. [applause] >> as you can see, dr. ben carson is our next speaker at the soapbox. dr. carson is a pediatric neurosurgeon. he was a longtime director of the johns hopkins children's center and is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in separation of conjoined twins. very pleased to welcome dr. carson to the soapbox. [applause] dr. carson: thank you so much. i am delighted to be here. a lot of state fairs, but this is a state fair. this is amazing. absolutely amazing. wonderful people, wonderful food. i want to thank the people of iowa, who have been supporting me and helping the rest of the nation realized we should not let the professional class pick our president. [applause] dr. carson: what

in-depth program, with former second later and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynn cheney, book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> next break mcadams discusses his book of "vietnam rough riders". this interview as part of book tvs college series and took place at the university of southern california in los angeles. it is 20 minutes. >> are now joining us on bic to be on c-span2 is u.s. professor frank mcadams who has written vietnam rough riders, a, commanders memoir. what is a rough rider in the vietnam era question that. >> a rough rider in the vietnam era and the first marine division, and we ran the trucks up and down highway one, right out of the neighing and north through the notorious. anybody who want on those convoys one of the dangerous pass in vietnam, they just nicknamed up the rough riders. sometime before i got there in 66 or 67 when i got there they told me is going to be 11th motor transport those are the ref writers. >> what is highway one. >> that's the main highway in vietnam that stretched from the delta, through the central highlands, i

from the nation's capital for the 15th annual national book festival followed by "in-depth" with lynne cheney. those are some of our upcoming programs of the center -- on c-span two. the republican presidential candidates our in new hampshire. the "new hampshire union leader" are sponsoring this form. following the live form, you can provide your input by joining our call-in program or adding your comments on facebook or twitter. "road to the white house 2016" on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> for white house cabinet members and joint chiefs of staff testified about the iran nuclear agreement at a senate armed services committee. this focus on the military perspective of the deal, with much of the testimony coming from secretary of defense ashton carter and martin dempsey. senator mccain chairs this three-hour hearing. sen. mccain: good morning. the committee meets today on the joint country has a plan of action which the u.s. and other major powers have signed with iran. we welcome our distinguished witnesses and thank them for joining us today. we appreciate the senators and secre

festival followed on sunday with our live in depth program with former second lady and senior fellow lynne cheney. book tv on c-span2, television or serious readers. >>> hurricane katrina was ten years ago. to mark the anniversary, we'll cover a day-long symposium in new orleans to evaluate the city's recovery. with conversations on disaster preparedness, housing, education, the environment, race, and neighborhood development. hosted by the atlantic magazine, live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> each week american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. on march 8th, 1965, 3500 marines were deployed to vietnam marking the beginning of the u.s. ground war. by the end of 1965, almost 200,000 americans were in the country. when the war ended in 1975, nearly 3 million americans had served in the conflict and more than 58,000 lost their lives. up next, the screaming eagles in ves nam, a u.s. army the big picture episode documenting the activities of the 101st airborne division from its arrival in the spring of 1965 through january

followed on sunday with our live "in depth" program with lynne cheney. "book tv" on c-span2. television for serious readers. >>> "american history tv" continues to look back at the 1965 medicare bill with footage from the bill-signing ceremony on july 30th that year. former president harry truman was present for the event which took place at his presidential library in independence, missouri. [ cheering ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> thank you, very much. i'm glad you like the president. i like him, too. [ laughter ] mr. president, mrs. johnson, distinguished guests. you have done me a great honor in coming here today and have made me a very, very happy man. this is an important hour for the nation. for those of our citizens who have completed their tour of duty and have moved to the sidelines, these are the days that we are trying to celebrate for them. these people are our prideful responsibility, and they are entitled among other benefits to the best medical protection available. not one of these of our citizens should ever be abandoned or sent for the dignity of charity.

in depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. the tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we will look back at the atomic bombings and the end of the war in the pacific. announcer: 70 years ago, the first atomic tom was tested near los alamos, new mexico, and a few weeks later, it was dropped on hiroshima, japan and nagasaki, japan. el america, a library of congress and los alamos

lynn cheney, live on booktv. you can send your questions to facebook.com/booktv. on twitter@booktv or call in live. ... i was trained as a phd in economics first at the university of chicago under milton friedman. many people took the class several times not because they failed but they wanted to hear him again and again so i became a free marketer and you can't help but hear friedman. then i go to mit and i get two additional nobel prize winners. and of course they are keynesians and i am convinced now it's not going to be easily persuaded, but the economy has to be saved in every session with more stimulus spending. so you might ask why did i get into marketing? because i've written 50 or more books on marketing. marketing is the engine of capitalism i'm convinced. namely capitalism is a great economic system in producing millions of goods and services that could sit on the shelf and unless people are there to buy it. marketing is the connection. it's the engine that says to people wouldn't like this, wouldn't you like an apple watch, or whatever. so we've got t

nation's capital for the 15th annual book festival and followed by former second lady and senior nelly lynn cheney. book tv on c-span2; television for serious readers. >> we talk about the struggle for voting rights on the next washington journal and then kristen powers talks about her new book and how the left is killing free speech and examines what she is calling liberal attempts to shutdown debate on a variety of issues. plus your phone calls and tweets. >> next, glenn beck on his book "it is about islam" and he spoke at the freedomfest last month. his book comes out next week. >> host: glenn beck, "it is about islam," why do you open with thomas jefferson in the library of congress? >> jefferson changed my life. he wrote a letter to his nephew peter car and peter was 13 or 15, i don't know remember, somewhere in that area. his mother had died and his father was about to die. his father went to thomas and said thomas will you oversee the ed ed education of my son when i pass on and he said sure. peter comes of age and writes this beautiful letter in mathematics learn this, when it comes to lit

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. the bipartisan policy center hosted a discussion on immigration policy in the 2016 presidential race. border security, immigration, enforcement, and president obama's executive actions were included. from the bipartisan policy center, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> i will begin by introducing a wonderful set of panelists. they are nationally known and highly respected in their field. laurasc she helps city residents with their immigration applications, not an easy task. congressional hispanic caucus institute fellow. mexican an expert on migration to be united states and the role of nonprofits and advocating for -- in advocating for latino immigrants. holds a ba in political science and spanish from kenyon college. mexico born in pueblo, and grew up in ohio. welcome. next-door, the executive director of the center for immigration studies. he has led it for 20 years. nonpartisans a research organization here in washington that e

our live program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynn cheney. book tv on c-span 2, television for serious readers. >>> coming up live on c-span 3, a discussion on naval aviation and maritime policy hosted by the center for strategic and international studies and the u.s. naval institute. that's at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and at 10:00 a.m., changes they are making to the health plans they offer employees. >>> each week "american history tv" american artifacts takes you to historic places. opened in 1909 the russell office building was constructed to relieve crowded conditions in the u.s. capital. in the first of a two part program, we'll learn about the history of the building and notable senate investigations held in the caucus room. from 1912 titanic inquiry to 1930 hearings about the causes of the 1929 stock market crash and subsequent financial reforms. >> we're in the russell senate office building. before cspan started covering the sessions, this was where the major hearings were televised going back to news reels covering it in the 1920s and 3

. >> lynn cheney next month. >> host: glen beck, your book, it is about islam. why do you open with thomas jefferson and the library of congress? ... >> guest: never read a book out of its native tongue, because you'll lose too much. and then he gets to the last one is religion. and he said when it comes to religion above all things, fix reason firmly in her seat and question with boldness even the very existence of god for if there be a god he must surely rather honest questioning over blindfolded fear. that changed my life. that coupled with the fact that thomas jefferson was the man who fought the first war against islam when he was in office. we had the first, you know, the barbary pirates, and he didn't really understand it. he was trying to understand, you know what do these people want? he owned one of the first copies in english of the quran in the united states. so he was a scholar, he read everything in its native tongue when he could he tried to be as fair as he could and he also read the entire quran. so i think he gives us a good example that this i

depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheneyseveral law professors explore the origins of the magna carta and the influence of the british document on the creation of the american bill of rights. the professor spoke at the library of congress where a 12:15 copy of the magna carta is temporarily on display. king john originally signed the document under pressure from his barons at runny meade, england. american revolutionaries looks to the righthts guaranteed by t magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. this is 90 minutes.

depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheneyseveral law professors explore the origins of the magna carta and the influence of the british document on the creation of the american bill of rights. the professor spoke at the library of congress where a 12:15 copy of the magna carta is temporarily on display. king john originally signed the document under pressure from his barons at runny meade, england. american revolutionaries looks to thehts guaranteed by the magna carta as they rebelled against the english crown. this is 90 minutes. >> good morning. i propose to cover three things in my brief opening remarks this morning. why me? why now? why are you here? magna carta's relevance today. from an early age growing up in america, it was good king john the lion heart, bad king john lachlan and robin hood and his rr

on saturday, september 5, we are live from the nation's capital former first lady lynne cheney. c-span 2. >> now republican presidential candidate carly fiorina speaking at the iowa state fair. topics included energy security, the iran nuclear agreement, the economy, and defunding planned parenthood. following her remarks, she spoke to the public. [applause] ms. fiorina: thank you. i am so thrilled to be engaged in this great ritual of presidential politics. yes, i have had a life that is only possible here in the united states of america. a young woman who started as a secretary could go on to run for the president of the united states. [applause] i have had my share of hardship as well. i battled cancer. i learned the power of faith. we lost our younger daughter to the demons of addiction. each one of us sometimes needs a helping hand. i will not give you a speech today because i want to answer as many questions as i can. to get the ball rolling, i will tell you about a question i was asked early on in my presidential race. i was asked on a national television program whether

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. book tv on c-span 2. television for serious readers. >> next, a portion of today's "washington journal" on the recent toxic river spill in colorado. epa cleanup efforts and what is ahead for the region. bout it. >> "washington journal" continues. us nowruce finley joins from denver. he is the environmental writer he "the denver post errico has been traveling around the state, covering the spill by the environmental protection agency on august 5. 10 days after this though, to be have a hand on how many people have been impacted, and what the greatest risk is at this point? .uest: well, no i know reports of people getting drinking the water. there are a lot of impacts. that plume that stretched out over 100 miles is now cleared. there is sort of a yellow sludge in the riverbed. that is being tested. there are epa crews at the site blowout.ld king mine they're trying to treat the water, which is traced with heavy metals, as much as possible before he goes on into the animus headwaters.

with former second lady and senior fellow at the american improvises -- enterprise institute, lynne cheney. television for serious readers. >> now a discussion of the candidates and issues in the 2016 presidential campaign. journal, thisn is just over 40 minutes. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us from our new york studio is steve forbes. we are going to be talking about politics. give us an assessment, your assessment of the race so far. what you have seen is an interest in the race. it is absolutely intense and unprecedented. donald trump stirred things up and that has a lot of interest in the first debate. there is a lot of deep dissatisfaction in this country about where the country is that, where the economy is at. the democratic side with bernie sanders. it has not gotten as much play is the donald trump phenomenon, but you have this senator, socialist out of vermont who is ahead of secretary clinton in new hampshire, moving up fast in the national polls. people want big change and they are very unhappy with where we are today. host: mr. forbes, this is a rather indelic

depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. >> no one sees them, reverend -- c-span, reverend al sharpton and others. and then presidential candidate hillary clinton talking about college costs. and then media coverage of the presidential race. sharpton and civil rights activists talk about african-american views of the criminal justice system. this event, a part of the national urban league conference held last month in fort lauderdale, florida. first speaker absolutely needs no introduction whatsoever.

former second lady and senior fellow lynn cheney, book tv and c-span2.television for serious readers. >> here is a look at the current best selling nonfiction books. topping the list national correspondent for the atlanta magazine, between the world and me, former president jimmy carter reflects on his life and political career in a full life. also on the post list h is for hawk by hell -- helen mcdonald and being mortal, and then what if, randal manroe. nonfiction best sellers according to to the denver post. many of the authors have or will be appearing on book tv. you can watch them on our website at

nations capital for the 15th annual national book festival followed by a program with second lady lynne cheney. .ook tv on c-span 2 televisions for serious readers. next, the head of the epa, gina mccarthy, on the obama first-everion's standards for reducing greenhouse gases. remarksts with responding to the colorado toxic in mind spill. -- mine spill. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to resources for the future. i am the codirector. today, we are honored to the presence of epa administrator gina mccarthy. i believe this is the first public appearance since the white house ceremony one week ago. thank you for attending. a few quick words. you know us quite well but there may be some that are not familiar. we are an organization based on high-quality research with the objective of focusing that on energy and natural resources and environmental policy and as many of you know, we are not an advocacy organization. we are also not cheerleaders for any particular policy or point of view. our goal really is to provide the best scholarly research to the policy community so it can develop the most efficie

our live in-depth with our life-and-death programming with former second lady and senior fellow lynn cheney. book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> hillary clinton's latest book is hard choices, she writes about her tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. at george washington university she talked about the book with her former speechwriter this is just over one hour. >> our guest of honor is known primarily of course for her political roles as first lady, u.s. senator from new york and the 67th secretary of state. she is also just published her fifth book and has several previous bestsellers to her name , so added to the list of credits after hillary rodham clinton should certainly be accomplished author. hard choices, her memoir about her four years as secretary of state, recounts how she came to accept the cabinet position offered by her former political rival and then led the rival to strengthen nation standing around the world. it also reveals some of the less battle hardened sides of her not commonly glimpsed in public. maternal, maybe even grand maternal, almo

in that program with former second lady and senior fellow of the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> up next from the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, jim auchmutey, former reporter and editor at the atlanta journal constitution looked at civil rights, race relations through the lives of students at a world georgia high school 41 years after graduation. >> the washington -- >> good evening. i am sheffield hale, welcoming you tonight. we are thrilled to have you here. we have a couple ground rules. put your phones on silent or turn them off. secondly, questions afterwards, please stand up so they can get the boom mic to you. this is a great book. i wondered why i didn't read this earlier. all about a family. my mother was from georgia, a third generation graduate of american high school, she graduated in 1950. after leaving america's high school she went to sweet girl college, where she had a friend of hers, and exchange student and one day she said aren't you from america's? tell me what it is. my mother said i never heard of

in-depth program of former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynn cheney. television for serious readers. >> mitch mcconnell held a news conference at the capitol. he discussed a range of issues, including the iran nuclear agreement and how to avoid a government shutdown in september. this is half an hour. >> good morning. the day after the election, the american people expressed their opinions. there were two things on their mind. the president was not very popular. we talked about the issue of dysfunction. the sense that nothing ever gets accomplished here. too casual observers, they were not sure where the dysfunction was to you worked around here, you knew it was in the senate. the senate was basically shut down for literally eight years. how you measure dysfunction? one way is you vote on amendments. we had 15 roll call votes on amendments in all of 2014. so far this year over 160 in the first half of the year -- in four of the last five years, the senate did not pass a budget. the law requires us to pass a budget every year. we've done that. that is

in depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. the tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we will look back at the atomic bombings and the end of the war in the pacific. announcer: 70 years ago, the first atomic tom was tested near los alamos, new mexico, and a few weeks later, it was dropped on hiroshima, japan and nagasaki, japan. el america, a library of congress and los alamos coproduction from the year 2000 which tells the story of the bomb.o create the this includes interviews from some of the key manhattan project scientist and technicians. >> things change in time. in a moment in time in 1945, everything changed. the deserts of central new mexico, an area called "the journey of death," named by the spanish conquistadors, because if you ran out of water, you would not survive here. this place is now known as the trinity s

and then in-depth with former second lady lynn cheney. booktv on c-span2. television for serious readers. >> a meeting in phoenix to discuss on how democrats can work to win state houses and localal offices. >>> that was a very fast two minutes. thank you for being here for the panel of people. i am excited to see everyone here and excited to see a full room. i think this is one of the most important topics week be talking about. we are talking about it in a place that needs to be discussed. we have seen over the last five years democrats have lost over 900 seats in the state legislatures across america. we have gone from having democratic trifectas with democratic state legislature, house and governor. i think we only have five now. only five states in the union where we can have hope of driving through anything remotely progressive. washington state, my state, is no longer one. they are blocked paid sick leave and minimum wage. and in other states voter id laws. this is a better opportunity today. i am excited to have this discussion here. the first panel

on sand with our live in depth program with senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >>> first lady helen taft called nelly, made several notable changes to the white house. the most obvious was

in depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. c-span 2, television for serious readers. >> republican presidential candidate donald trump spoke to the press before his remarks at a lincoln day dinner in michigan. topics included campaign polls, women's health issues, and immigration policy. this is 15 minutes. mr. trump: good evening. how are you? yes ma'am? >> [indiscernible] mr. trump: i think the republican party is going to do well. you have another party that has problems. i just saw it coming over, the e-mail situation for hillary is a big problem. if they judge it fairly, she has a big problem. no, not at all. i have been proven right. i have absolutely been proven right. [indiscernible] mr. trump: i don't think so at all. i can only go by the polls, 32%. that is the highest for anybody yet. i can only go by the polls. the people we are dealing with, it is what it is. you look at the results. iowa came out a little while ago. leading in iowa and new hampshire, north carolina, south carolina. nevada. leading everywhere. th

in-depth program with former second lady and a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> obama administration officials discuss the iran nuclear agreement and the nationalations on the -- on the international community. this is one hour and 15 minutes. >> we have a somewhat unusual ,ormat this afternoon because in a city where this issue has been filled with debate, what we are attempting to do is bring you three of the experts who helped draft and negotiate the agreements. he will give you the opportunity to ask the most challenging questions you can. let me emphasize the word question. if you look around, you will see that this is probably one of the worst formats to make a long speech in lieu of the question imaginable. i used to tell my students when i was teaching that if you could not ask a question well in three sentences, you not only should not get a degree, you probably should not get a job. [laughter] beyond that, i do not want to put any limit at all. the issue here is, you have three leading experts --colin kahl

join lynne cheney on in-depth. c-span2 book tv. television for serious readers. from"ing up next -- fromon journal, "washington journal," a discussion on secretary clinton's state department e-mails. q&a, phyllis bennis. ial watch, which is what? guest: our mission is to grow up .- to promote transparency we do that by using the freedom of information act at the federal level and state level. host: you have been using that to go after hillary clinton's records. some new developments now that the fbi has the server and the e-mails. why is it such an important ?ssue jek guest: we have 3400 freedom of pendingion act requests on the operations of government. what happens, what the government is or isn't doing. of that universe, we have about 18 lawsuits that we filed because we need to go to court to compel the government to give us records. we are trying to help educate the public on the operations of the government. that is what our goal is. we get these records, and then make them public. we hope the public reviews them and has an idea of what is or is not happeni

fallen on sunday by our live in depth program, with lynne cheney. booktv on c-span two.evision for serious readers. >> washington journal continues. host: mike warren writes for >>> mike warren writes for the "weekly standard," and he is here to talk about donald trump and some of his evolving issues, and we talked about the debate, and clump defiant at gop debate. when does that turn into policy issues on positions? >> that's a good question. we would like to know when donald trump will come out with details on where his policy positions are. he was asked about health care, and he was asked about immigration, of course, which he created a lot of controversy over comments about mexico sending criminals over the border, and he talked about the iran deal, and he didn't offer any specific policy prescriptions on health care, for instance, and there's a big debate among republicans on what to do with the affordable care act, you repeal it entirely and do you replace it with something different or go back to the status quo before, and donald trump doesn't seem to be intereste

sunday live in-depth program with lynne cheney. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> president obama delivers a speech at american university. the senate banking committee looks at the lifting of sanctions. foreign correspondents who cover the middle east discover the agreement and its affect on iran's neighbors. in addition to his speech, president obama took to twitter to answer his critics. the president responded to mitch mcconnell and other members of congress, including steve scalise who tweeted, mr. president, the americans deserve to know the details about the secrets ideals. you will have your chance to comment when we take your calls in about one hour. has the administration made its case for the iran nuclear agreement. call and after the president's speech. you can add your thoughts on twitter and our facebook page. now the president speech from earlier today at american university. [applause] pres. obama: thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. everybody, please have a

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynn cheney. television for serious readers. >>> "american history tv" continues to look book at the 1965 medicare bill with footage from the bill signing ceremony on july 30th that year. former president harry truman was present for the event which took place at his presidential library in independence, missouri. [ cheering ] [ applause ] [ applause ] >> thank you, very much. i'm glad you like the president. i like him, too. [ laughter ] mr. president, mrs. johnson, distinguished guests. you have done me a great honor in coming here today and have made me a very, very happy man. this is an important hour for the nation. for those of our citizens who have completed their tour of duty and have moved to the sidelines, these are the days that we are trying to celebrate for them. these people are our prideful responsibility, and they are entitled among other benefits to the best medical protection available. not one of these of our citizens should ever be abandoned or sent for the dignity of charity.

festival followed on sunday with our live in depth program with former second lady and senior fellow lynne cheney book tv on c-span2, television or serious readers. >>> hurricane katrina was ten years ago. to mark the anniversary, we'll cover a day-long symposium in new orleans to evaluate the city's recovery. with conversations on disaster preparedness, housing, education, the environment, race, and neighborhood development. hosted by the atlantic magazine, live monday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >>> each week american history tv's "reel america" brings you archival films that help tell the story of the 20th century. on march 8th, 1965, 3500 marines were deployed to vietnam marking the beginning of the u.s. ground war. by the end of 1965, almost

depth" program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. booktv on c-span2 television for serious readers. >> host: and now on booktv, we want to catch up with the chicago review press find out some of the books they'll be publishing come fall 2015. and mary crave nas is their marketing manager. what have you got in the hopper? >> well one of the books -- as you can see here, we have our four big books for the year. one -- for the fall season, i should say. one book that we're particularly excited for is american space coast. ned is a longtime author with chicago review press. history bereaves that the -- believes that america's wealth came from importing slaves and then slave labor and that was actually in south carolina. virginia was actually slave breeding and it became south carolina v. virginia for kind of where the slave industry was going to be, like where the power came from. and thanks to thomas jefferson virginia won. so this is actually, this is kind of an alternative history. this is something that a lot of people don't know ab

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynn cheney. book tv on c-span 2. >> award winning photo journalist documents 25 years in afghanistan for "time" magazine and the "new york times." he was one of the few photographers who had firsthand exposure to the rise of militant groups in the region, including al qaeda. mr. nicholsberg spoke in march reviewing the modern history of afghanistan through his photographs. he also talked about his career and his book, afghanistan, a distant war. >> i'm going to give you a brief introduction on how i got to south asia. and then begin a rather rapid 60-image presentation starting from 1988 and going up to 2013. in 1987, i moved from bangkok, thailand, where "time" had a bureau covering southeast asia when an opportunity opened up in india, new delhi to cover south asia. and having originally starting my career in very small countries, i never thought i'd end up ten years later in the massive land mass in south asia. if you look at the map, particularly national geographic map, it's quite huge. ind

and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynne cheney. >> no one sees them, reverend -- c-span, reverend al sharpton and others. and then presidential candidate hillary clinton talking about college costs. and then media coverage of the presidential race. sharpton and civil rights activists talk about african-american views of the criminal justice system. this event, a part of the national urban league conference held last month in fort lauderdale, florida. first speaker absolutely needs no introduction whatsoever. world andn around the throughout the nation as an irrepressible force against injustice of any kind, be it social, political, or racial. if there is a cost to be championed, he is unafraid -- a cause to be championed, he is unafraid to bring it to the forefront. he is a good front. and thenization national urban league have worked collaboratively on many, many things together. as i said yesterday, there are free sugars and jelly -- tree s hakers and jelly makers. welcome back the founder of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. [applause] all, al

followed sunday with our former second lady, lynn cheney. book tv on c-span 2, television for serious readers. >> next, a look at changes for u.s. service women since the 2013 recision of the defense department's ground combat exclusion policy, and research showing unit cohesion can take place in the company of both women and men. women in international security hosted this event. >> is thank you, everybody. and welcome back, we have a thrilling panel for you coming right up. i think this next discussion gets right at the heart of everything we're talking about to a great extent. i'm the executive director of the truman national security project. we are very, very proud to say that no exceptions is an initiative of truman and cnp and led by a remarkable group of women, including some combat leaders from our, o, and supported by an even larger number of men in the truman project, who also have combat service, i served in iraq and afghanistan. to me, you know, i don't know when this issue was settled for me. i'm probably supposed to be an obje

lynn cheny. on "in depth," our live monthly call insure show. mrs. cheney ared to the books including biographies and novels and books to children. the most recent book is an account of the life of the fourth president. other titles include, blue skies, no fences, where she calls her childhood in wyoming after world war ii, and a time for freedom describing key events and little known facts about american histories. other books range from profiles of leader outside the house of representatives to the failure of moral relativism and a condensed history of the u.s. for children. lynn cheney, live on booktv. you can send your questions to facebook.com/booktv. on twitter@booktv or call in live. ...

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynn cheney. now, a look at mexico's political and economic future with the former u.s. ambassador to mexico and political science professor from the mexico institute of technology. they discuss allegations of corruption within the mexican government and how the recent escape of the drug lord is an indication of the country's many challenges. this runs about an hour and 40 minutes. >>> good morning. and thank you all for joining us today.

capital for the 15th annual national book festival and then former second lady and senior fellow lynne cheney. book tv on c-span 2. television for serious readers. >>> more american history tv from marion, ohio. speakers examine the style and approaches of first ladies from florence harding to michelle obama. this was the theme of the annuae warn g. harding symposium at the ohio state university at marion. gary >>> thank you. good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm well and how about you. [ laughter ]e >> the white house that i served for 37 years is a unique part of our 239 years of american fa history. i was honored and privileged to serve seven presidents and firsd families from 1970 through 2007. the presidential history that i have seen is remarkable. a president resigned from side office. and appointed vice president become an unelected president, e one-term president who became . more prominent for his activities after he left the white house. a two-term president who faced down the evil empire. a president who won awar and ino lost his re-election bid. a president impeached and rema

in-depth program with former second lady and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute, lynn cheney, book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >>> coming up tuesday, a panel discussion considering the iran nuclear agreement and the role of sanctions including as part of the deal. that's 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. later, a forum considering the iran nuclear agreement and its implications for the international community. that's 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> this weekend on the c-span networks, politics, books and american history. on c-span live from the iowa state fair. presidential candidates speak at the des moines register candidate soap box. beginning at noon, we'll hear from republican senator santo m santorum, lincoln chafee, bernie sanders and sunday afternoon, more coverage from the iowa state fair at 5:00 followed by george pataki. on c-span2 saturday night at 10:00 eastern, missouri senator claire mccaska on her life and political career. sunday morning at 10:30, desusa talks about his recent book "america" and campaign finance law. on american history tv on

our nations capital for the 15th annual book -- double followed on sunday with former second lady lynn cheney. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >> next on book tv, and culture on her book audios america which argues that immigration is greatest issue facing the country and the current policy is deeply flawed. this is just over one hour. >> thank you for coming. it's wonderful to see you here in a special evening, sorry for the flight delay in timing, there is relocation from the next of my praise here for the size and the venue so we want to make sure that anyone who mistakenly went over to the nixon library got a map and got over here and believe it or not there has been a fair amount of people who did that. in the meantime you'll have to listen to me talk for a little bit because they pay me for that, and you don't. [laughter] let's do a quick poll let's go through a few candidates. how many hands for jeb bush? you can be honest we want stone you. mac okay but see the hands for ted cruz? okay about a quarter of the audience, how about donald trump? [applause]. okay and i'

on sand with our live in depth program with senior fellow at the american enterprise institute lynne cheney. book tv on c-span2, television for serious readers. >>> first lady helen taft called nelly, made several notable changes to the white house. the most obvious was replacing the white male ushers with african-american staff, also while in washington, she led an effort to raise funds to create a memorial for victims of the titanic, but her greatest legacy was bringing thousands of japanese cherry blossom trees to the nation's capital. helen taft, this sunday night on c-span's original series first ladies, influence and image. their influence on the presidency. from martha washington to michelle obama. sundays at 8:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span3. >>> up next, masuda hamiju, author of cold war crucible, the curkorean conflict and the post world. national university of singapore history professor hamiju argues that the cold war was not only a global conflict between the u.s. and soviet union but also led many countries in the west and east to crack down on perceived thr