marty baron, executive editor of the washington post, when did you first get interested in the news business? >> i was in junior high school and very interested in what was happening in the world. my parents were immigrants and they were interested in this country and what was happening and what was happening around the world. i think through their reading of newspapers and watching television news and local news and national lose, i got interested in it myself. >> i know you grew up in tampa, where did your parents come from and why did they come to the united states. >> they came from israel and they came to united states, my father believed in the american dream. they had a made a stop in stop in paris and in 1954 they came to the united states and my father started working in the service industry in florida. >> when did you start to understand what journalism was supposed to be? >> i think in high school i had an idea of what was happening and i was pretty sure i wanted to make it my career at an early age and i read about it, knew about it, absorbed that sort of thing. : >> >> i thought

. >> you quote marty baron, the former executive of the miami herald.ow with you a q&a interview with ryan lamb. it runs about 90 seconds. >> remind us what the miami herald concluded about the florida election. >> guest: i will tell you what we did, for small it was after the u.s. supreme court decided that there be no full-scale recounted the vote in florida. we decided that we should determine for history sake what were the real results. so we did our own recount. we went to everyone at the 67 counties in florida and obtained all of the ballots. we are able to do that under the expansive public records law florida which is really wonderful. so we obtained the ballots, we went with an accounting firm and they did their counter we did our count as journalists. we went through every singlehad ballot and we have theho supervisor of elections hold up the ballots and we recorded weather that ballots and how that ballot was voted and whether it could be in fact be counted. in some instances they remark that they cannot possibly be counted. if you recall the

. >> today on q&a at 7 p.m., "washington post" executive editor marty baron talks about the changes at the post since he took over in 2013. he discusses the depiction of his work as editor in chief of "the boston globe" in the spotlight. tonight on booktv books about terrorism. >> all of this tonight starting at 8 p.m. on booktv on c-span2. >> booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors every weekend. here are some featured programs this weekend. government abuse is largely one-sided. i think there's a couple of reasons. when i started this i care about free speech and for a minute. i'm a bit of a libertarian when it comes to this and i have no allegiance to one party or the other. i went into this, i've written a lot about the abuses on the left formally called in "the wall street journal" but i assumed i would fight a whole bunch of stuff on the right. i didn't. >> joint in a conversation with your phone calls in tweets beginning at noon eastern on c-span2. go to booktv.org for the complete weekend schedule. >> some congressional news in the hill. kansas republican co

. >> tomorrow and q&a at seven p.m., washington post executive editor marty baron talks about the changes at the post since he took over in 2013. he also discusses the depiction of his work as editor-in-chief of the boston globe in the movie, spotlight. >> tanana book tv, recommended summer reading pics. next, author patricia bell scott and her book, the firebrand and the first lady about eleanor roosevelt's relationship with civil rights activist polly murray. then a discussion about modern feminism including wendy west, author of the memoir, shrill., shrill. an interview with zug lebo, the mother of dylan cleavable was written about the tragedy in her book, a mother's reckoning. and mary roach writes about

>> tomorrow and q&a at seven p.m., washington post executive editor marty baron talks about the changes at the post since he took over in 2013. he also discusses the depiction of his work as editor-in-chief of the boston globe in the movie, spotlight. >> tanana book tv, recommended summer reading pics. next, author patricia bell scott and her book, the firebrand and the first lady about eleanor roosevelt's relationship with civil rights activist polly murray. then a discussion about modern feminism including wendy west, author of the memoir, shrill., shrill. an interview with zug lebo, the mother of dylan cleavable was written about the tragedy in her book, a mother's reckoning. and mary roach writes about the science of modern ground combat in her book, grunt. you're watching a special tuesday night additional book tv on c-span2. >> patricia bell scott sent book the firebrand and the first lady explores the relationship between eleanor roosevelt civil rights activist polly murray. the author recently discussed her book with historian mel painter in new york. they are are introduced by

[applause] >> today on q&a at 7 pm, washington post executive editor marty baron talks about the changes post since he took over in 2013. he also discusses the depiction of his work as editor-in-chief of the boston globe in the movie spotlight. tonight on tv, books about terrorism. party at 8 pm, philosophy urges and isis, history. the program is from and afterwards program that aired earlier on book tv. sebastian gorka follows at 9 pm with his book titled defeating jihad: the winnable war. before 10 pm, karen greenberg offers rogue justice: the making of a security state and after that, lieutenant general michael flynn and the field of flight: how we can win the global war against radical islam and its allies. all of this tonight darting at 8 pm on book tv, on c-span2. >> the european union i representative details the eu global strategy on foreign and security policy including the conflict in syria, the recent coup attempt in turkey , combating terrorism and the uk referendum vote to leave the european union. the connery endowment for international peace hosted this discussion. >>. >>

. >> today on q&a at 7:00 p.m., "washington post" executive editor marty baron talks about the changes at the post since he took over in 2013. he also discusses the depiction of his work as editor in chief of the boston globe in the movie "spotlight". tonight and book tv books about terrorism. starting at 8:00 p.m., isis a history. the program is from an afterwards program that aired earlier on the tv. sebastian follows at 9:00 p.m. with his book "defeating jihadi the winnable war". karen greenberg offers wrote justice the making of a security state. after that, lieutenant general michael flynn and the field up fight, how we can win the global war against radical islam and its allies. all of this tonight starting at 8:00 p.m. on book tv on c-span2. >> coming up next, we will show you a hearing on metropolitan areas that are believed to be at high risk for terrorism. a fema official testifies about a grant program for urban areas and orlando police chief and the sheriff of orange county florida also talk about their response efforts after june's attack at the pulse nightclub in orlando.