. >>> book's after words featuring abc news veterans martin clancy and tim o'brien.murder at the supreme court." interviewed by kimberly tignor. this is just under an hour. >> host: well, i want to talk to you both. i find the topic matter is incredibly important. it's important dialogue that is going on in the u.s. and, you know, my first question i want to ask you what compelled do you write the book. the particular experience, if you have a journalist or something that gave you -- >> guest: we found with so many cases supreme court everybody focuses on the legal issues, as they should. but the stories behind the legal issues are compelling. they're fascinating. and that is particularly true with death penalty cases. after the court's decision. it is just a fascinating story. >> guest: the more we dug in behind the decisions. the book takes you from the scene of the crime right to the supreme court courtroom. in many cases. and shows you the repurr cushions. >> guest: we are story tellers. >> host: absolutely. >> guest: we have stories to tell. i think the most imp

and then martin clancy, tim o'brien, "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases."nd our final author tonight, sarah garland, "divided we fail." the story of an african-american community that ended the era of school segregation. all tonight starting at 8 eastern here on c-span2. and now some to have latest on egypt and u.s. aid. the national security council issued a statement that says it is not quietly cutting military aid to egypt after a daily beast article came out yesterday that the u.s. had decided privately to halt some aid because of egypt's crackdown on protesters who are supporters of the elected president, mohamed morsi. a spokesman for senator patrick leahy had told cnn funds for egypt were being reprogrammed while the u.s. continues to review the situation there. we talked to a daily beast reporter about the u.s. cutting aid to egypt. >> the administration public line, they're disputing the term "suspended." so they are saying that this is under review, that no final decisions have been made, and that is, of course, true because no final decisions hav

be, martin clancy and tim o'brien talk about "murder at the supreme court: lethal crimes and landmark cases." after that, sarah garland discusses "divided we fail: the story of an african-american community that ended the era of school desegregation." booktv is in prime time this month on c-span2. >>> the cato institute is hosting a forum today on the costs of social security disability insurance. our live coverage is on c-span at noon eastern. >>> the 50th anniversary of the march on washington is a week from wednesday. up next, an economic policy institute forum on how the march has affected the economy and civil rights today. this nearly three hour event was at the afl-cio headquarters many washington last month. -- in washington last month. [inaudible conversations] >> so, ladies and gentlemen, we do expect a full crowd, so at some point if we gets folks who come in this and we don't have enough seats, i may ask you to raise your hand so we can identify seats unoccupied next to you so we can get people seated in as expeditious a fashion as possible. well, let me welcome you all to

then martin clancy and tim o'bryan. and "divided we fail." all tonight on c-span2. >>> the last few years the left decided the political debate is worthless. they're not going debate policy. they're not going to debate what is the best way to solve the nation's problem. they're not going provide evidence. they're going label us morally deficient human beings unworthy of debate. the editor of breitbart.com september's in-depth quest guest and take your comments for three hours. in the month ahead october 6th civil rights leader congressman john louis. your question for kitty kelly. december 1st feminism critic. yesterday's senator cruise released his birth certificate to head off questions whether he's eligible to run. >>> aaron blake covers national politic of the "washington post." texas republican senator ted cruise cruz. what is he saying? >> he released his birth certificate in the story in the "dallas morning news" that was posted late sunday night that talk about an issue we have been looking at for awhile which is can he run for presid

eastern, author of chasing gideon, at 8:50 p.m., martin clancy and tim o'brien talk about their book, murder at the supreme court. after that, the story of an african american community that ended school segregation. booktv is on c-span2 in prime time this month. >> you're watching c-span2 at politics and public affairs weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights walked key public policy events and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get schedules at her website and join in the conversation on social media websites. >> what are you reading this summer? booktv would like to know. >> i am a voracious reader. particularly a voracious reader of history. this summer i started with two books. one is called revolutionary summer by one of my most favorite historians. a look at what was happening from a political perspective and the military perspective in the summer of 1776. what i love is the detail and how the cause was able to prepared the continental ragtag group against the mightiest military power on earth