. >> duke university professor martin miller spoke with booktv about the foundations of modern terrorism, which he dates back to the french revolution. this 30-minute interview, part of booktv's college series, was recorded at the washington duke inn in durham, north carolina. >> host: duke university history professor martin miller is the author of this book, "the foundations of moderner to: state, society, and the dynamics of political violence." there is a working definition of modern terrorism? >> guest: i tried to formulate one, which is a perilous path because so many others have tried. so, i think that the clear is way to understand what i've tried to do is to refer back to what in fact are two kinds of perspectives. one is the idea that governments and especially dictators, exercise terror against their own citizens, the hitlers, stalins, poll pol pots of the world, and the ice the world of post 9/11 we're most familiar with, this is the insurgenties from below who seem to pose, and sometimes we realize how serious the threat is, they are in fact a danger to us. so what i tried t

. >> duke university professor martin miller spoke with booktv about the foundations of modern terrorism which he dates back to the french revolution. this 30-minute interview, part of booktv's college series, was recorded at the washington duke inn in durham, north carolina. >> host: duke university history professor martin miller is the author of this book, "the

the washington duke inn in durham, north carolina. >> host: duke university history professor martin miller the author of the book "the foundation of terror, the dynamics of political violence." prefer miller is there a working definition of modern terrorism? >> guest: well, what i have tried to do is to formulate one which is a perilous path because so many others tried. there's a book length mono graph on just that, definitions. so, i think that the clearestest way to understand what i tried to do is to refer back to what in fact are two kinds of perspectives. one is the idea that governments and especially dictators exercise terror against their own citizens; the hitlers, extollines, pol pots of the world, and the other is the world of post-9/11 that we're most familiar with, which is insurgencies from -- that they are in fact a danger to us. so what i tried to do in this book is to bring together those two strands to understand it's an interactive process between governments and their security agencies on the one hand, and insurgencies with their international networks on the others. it

martin of usc, linebacker chris borelen from wisconsin and offensive guard brandon thomas of clemson. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," a long-time bay area congressman is stepping down. our exclusive interview with george millernd his message to president obama. and how he's -- his unique living arrangements in washington inspired a tv show. >>> and the view over the south bay this morning shows clearing skies, breezy this afternoon and a big-time warmup pushing us closer to summer like numbers. fairly soon. we'll have a look at that forecast when we come right back. >>> good saturday morning to you. off to a mostly sunny start across the bay area right now. san francisco looking pretty good, 53 degrees, 51 oakland, 53 with still patches of low clouds off to the east of downtown san jose. those clouds will continue to clear out as we head through the afternoon and out at the oakland coliseum right now, see the clear skies there, 56 degrees around livermore out towards the tri-valley this morning and yes, the winds will be a big part of the story today. for now, still coming in off the ocean at times. keep our temperatures down. but then as they turn out of the north and offshore that's going to lead to the bi

martin luther king. we feel as if we're a city of royalty. >> reporter: the princes are guests of friends. >> what i have here is kind of the three stages of houghw we do invitations. >> reporter: kathryn millerthursday night dinner. >> it had potential for having celebrities involved. >> reporter: the festivities will take place over three days and include a visit to graceland. an outdoor ceremony is planned at the upscale memphis hunt and polo club. other details have been hard to come by. >> we're keeping in mind this is not a state visit, this is a wedding. >> reporter: the groom is a well known night life man in london. he was present when harry was infamously photographed wearing a nazi arm band. this week he was spotted living it up in miami. palace insiders are said to be wary of his 2012 trip to las vegas when some not so princely photos of him were splashed on newspapers around the world. still basking in the afterglow of his trip to australia, buckingham palace has reportedly warned the brothers to rein it in. for their party, memphis is promising the royal treatment. >> people are excited and what better place to be excited than in a city that is known first and foremost for its h