from los angeles, i am tavis smiley.tonight, a conversation with journalist mark leibovich. his book has been on the list. ," detailing what might be called capital cronyism, where there is a class of the well-heeled and well- connected, who make sure a drive, whether or not they are serving the public good. we are glad you could join us for our conversation with that selling author mark leibovich, coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station, by viewers like you. thank you. the premise of a hilariously funny and ultimately alarming book about how those in power in our nation's capital really operate can be summed up, i guess, in this phrase. shington has not served the country well, but it has done that for itself." "this town: two parties and a funeral -- plus, plenty of valet parking!," written by the chief national correspondent for "the magazine,imes" joining us from washington. >> thanks, tavis. i am in a protected room. i think this is the only safe place i can be without being run out of town. i am glad to be here. tavis: you famously considered n

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and booktv's book club is back this month with mark leibovich's "this town: two parties and a funeral plus plenty of valet parking in america's gilded capital." read the book and see what others are saying on our facebook page and on twitter. >> this fall booktv is celebrating its 15th anniversary. this weekend we look back at our first year of broadcasting. in 1992, publishers weekly's best sellers list including tom brokaw, author of "the greatest generation." we covered mr. brokaw in december of 1998. >> and a as i began to write these beaches with these veterans, they were schoolteachers and anglican preachers and lawyers from south new jersey and from a cross-section of american life. and as i began to walk those beaches with those men and meet their wives, i emotionally was brought to my knees by what i was hearing. not just about the raw courage that played out on those beaches that day, but by the bond, the unspoken bond that existed between them. many of them had not met each other before. in one case we had two of them who it turned out had been on the same landing craft, an

part of booktv this weekend on c-span2 and booktv's book club is back with mark leibovich's, this town. in america's guilded capitol. read the book and see what other viewers are saying on our facebook page and on twitter. >> taking you live to the newseum here in washington, d.c. for a discussion this morning on how the public views the polling industry. speakers include, joel dennison, who worked for the firm that president obama's campaign as well as republican pollster bill macintyre and pew research center's alan murray will be there. it is hosted by the can't tar consulting firm. you're watching live coverage here on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. the program will begin in just a couple of minutes. >> and as you just heard this live event will get underway in just a couple minutes. a couple of other live happenings on the c-span networks today include that c-span2 will be live with the senate foreign relations committee later this morning. they're going to discuss authorization for use of military force in syria. it will be cha

also this month, booktv's online book club is reading mark leibovich is this town.get involved on facebook and twitter. all part of the tv this weekend c-span2. >> the u.s. congress of mayors commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bombing of the 16th street baptist church in birmingham, alabama. with a discussion of civil rights and economic justice. panelist include the mayors of sacramento, philadelphia and new orleans. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> at this point about just want to thank all the mayors and my colleagues were in office, were in the audience who flew in from around the country to be part of this historic occasion. as most of you know, mayors arnold different than what happens in washington that there's a lot of bickering and a lot of partisanship, but mayors are about bipartisanship. we're about results. we're about nonpartisanship. we are about getting things done and creating jobs. and we look at ourselves as leaders and there have been books written about today as are listed metropolitan areas and the impact that mayors are having around th

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