compelled best his own burning curiosity, mark k. shriver travels to argentina, rome, and elsewhere, to talk with the pope's family, former students, parishioners and long-time associates. this book letses you travel with him, enquote. mark, we very much appreciate your joining us here today. you have written a wonderful week and -- a wonderful book. the book is your own pilgrimage to learn about pope francis. since you're the pilgrim i thought we ought to start by learn about your own background and experience. to begin with, think many of us know that you grew up in a family of well-known public figures, closely identified with our catholic faith. your father was sargeant shriver, program meant lawyer, first director or peace corps, u.s. ambassador to france and a democratic vice presidential candidate. your mother, uit in -- eunice founded the special legitimates and cher brothers, be john kennedy and bobby kennedy and ted kennedy. what impact has the catholic faith haven't on your life and does it faith the way you think about pope franc

author brian stole lars with his at noon eastern, other discussions with mark shriver, author of pilgrimagei search for the real pope francis. hayden, authorl of playing to the edge. thomas p.m. eastern, dolby, the author of speed of sound, breaking the barriers between music and technology. what's the 15th annual analysis -- annapolis book festival live at 10:00 on c-span2 tv. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies, and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. coming up live today on c-span, "washington journal" is next. at 7:00 p.m., a discussion on the relationship between the 13th amendment and the incarceration of african-american and. -- men. host: this is video provided by the pentagon on the strike by the united states against the airfield believed to have been used in a chemical weapons attack. president trump justified the use of source saying it was a vital interest of the united states to halt the spread of chemical weapons. russian president vladimir putin calling it "

brian: mark shriver, whose father was a presidential candidate years ago.es sir, please. >> i'm from knoxville, tennessee. brian: anyone impress you in this room? >> i'm going to give a quick shout out to ty brown-wolf. not because of his political viewpoint but just the way he has handled this whole week in general. quick background, he is from colorado, a star football player for his high school and he could in potentially play college football. he has been constantly bullied this entire week by practically everyone in this room. brian: why? >> i don't know. i think it is funny that a job like ty is being bullied by nerds like us. brian: yes sir, please stand and tell us who you are. >> i am ty brown wolf and i am from colorado. brian: why have they been bullying you? >> good question, i'm trying to figure it out. it goes back to your earlier question of who do you appreciate most in this room and who do you like the most. my answer is a little bit different. as cory booker said, i love everyone in this room. that said, i do not like everyone in this room

education if we still have the department of education at that time -- [applause] >> we also met mark shriverf save the children network. he had an ngo and doing what he can for poor children and early childhood education. if i could do something like that, i would be very satisfied. whose fatherer, was a presidential candidate years ago. yes sir, please. >> i'm from knoxville, tennessee. >> anyone impress you in this room? >> i'm going to get a quick shout out to ty brown wolf. it is not --i'm going to shout out at ty not because of his political viewpoint but just the way he has handled this whole week in general. quick background, he is from colorado, a star football player for his high school and he could potentially play college football. he has been constantly believe this entire week by practically everyone in this room. d this entirebullie week by practically everyone in this room. >> line? -- why? >> i don't know. i think it is funny that a job like ty is being bullied by us.s like >> yes sir, please stand and tell us who you are. >> i am ty brown wolf and i am from colorado. >> why

movement key witness rwas a in mark on efforts to fight that how se and talks about alzheimer's affected her father. in march of 2009, i sat >> my father, surgeon shriver, was an optimistic and dedicated public servant. sharp as theys come, a beautifully tuned instrument that let people in all and inspired. he was an expert in sharing his passions with the general public, with thought leaders, and with people like yourself. he often came here to the hill to advocate for increased funding for his beloved peace corps, and war on poverty programs that he created, including headstart, vista, job corps, and legal services for the poor. he loved working in this building, and he was really good at it. he knew every senator and congressman by name, and if you were here today, he would know every single thing about each and every one of you, about your careers, about your interests, your politics, your families, and, yes, your soft spots. he knew a lot about that. so imagine how painful it was to watch when this walking encyclopedia of a man went from knowing every fact about everything that had ever happened in the history of this country to not knowing what a

conversation] >>> now live from the annapolis book festival, former maryland state legislator and author, mark shriver, on pope francis. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon. welcome to our session with the author, mark k. shriver. my name is dan. my wife and i are the proud parents of three k school graduates and i'm the dean of the law school at cass university. withbe get started, a few reminders. please be sure that your cell phones are turned off or in the silent mode. after i introduce mr. shriver our program today will follow a

at noon eastern author discussions with mark shriver author of pilgrim image my search for the real pope francis. an american intelligence in the age of terror. and at 3:00 p.m. eastern thomas dolby author of "speed of sound: breaking the barriers between music and technology." atch on book tv. this weekend on c-span 3, saturday at 8:00 a.m. eastern, united states holocaust memorial museum director sarah bloomfield and alice green wald in new york city talk about the creation and message behind both museums. >> but why would you build it in washington? doesn't it belong in jerusalem? so we tried to build the exhibitions to try to answer that question. so the first part is hearing from that american g.i. who asked that big question which is how is it that human beings can do this to one another. and then throughout the exhibition we keep bringing back what america knew an when america knew it. >> the centennial of america's entry into the great war from the national world war i museum from the museum in kansas city, missouri. and how the founders viewed education, slavery and purr veered

at noon eastern, author discussions with mark shriver author of "pilgrimage." and at 1:30 p.m. eastern, michael hayden, author of "playing to the edge." an american intelligence in the age of terror. and at 3:00 p.m. eastern, thomas, author of "the speed of sound." watch the 15th annual annapolis book festival live saturday 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> senate foreign relations ranking member ben card inand fellow committee member marco rubio with thoughts on former syrian prime minister bashar al assad and the russian government following a chemical attack on the syrian people leaving several dead including children. both called on the trump administration to have and take strong policy actions going forward. their comments with reporters on capitol hill. >> good morning. it's a pleasure to be here with senator rubio. i think senator rubio's one of the great leaders in the united states congress on human rights. he speaks with moral clarity which is something i believe is extremely important. and he's done that with human rights issues around the world. and yest

marking earth day. former white house science advisor john holdren will talk, starting at 5:30 p.m. eastern. also coming up tonight at 8:00 eastern, nbc journalist and women's alzheimer's movement founder maria s marie shriver talks about how alzheimer's affected her father, sergeant sargent shriver. here's a quick look. >> alzheimer's deaths are up, up by a breathtaking 89%. it is bankrupting families, on its way to bankrupting this country. this year, if you add families' out-of-pocket expenses to the money medicare and medicaid will be spending on alzheimer's, the projected total will drain the economy of $259 billion. if our government does nothing the costs are projected to explode to an astounding $1.1 trillion. i hope we can sit for a minute with those incredible astounding figures. chung, chairman collins for a bipartisan resolution to prevent and effectively treat alzheimer's disease by 2025 is indeed an urgent -- i say urgent -- national priority because right now it is the most seriously underfunded disease in our country. this at a time when every alzheimer's scientist will tell you we're at a critical and potentially groundbreaking moment in the history of the research of this disease. >> that