[applause] >> melanie warner's next creature reports on how science has created an expensive projects that are devoid of nutritional value, addictive and the potential harm to one's health. she exhibits a proclivity of citizen commonly used ingredients which makes up 70% of calories presumed in the united states. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] the mac thank you so much everyone for being here to talk about the subject of processed food. i do hope everyone has had their dinners already. i would find it easier to talk about this once people of rde. i don't want to be responsible for spoiling anyone's mail. so this book, the origins of this book go back to me when i was a kid growing up with my mom long before it was fashionable. my mom was someone who paid close attention to ingredient labels. she would go to the grocery store and my brother and i often came with her. she was real her cart down the aisle and was constantly picking about his future agreed the radiant labels and the sooner she did this, my brother and i knew we're basically not getting whatever it is she a. entire aisl

. >> sreenivasan: author and journalist melanie warner takes a look at the preponderance of processed food in her new book, "pandora's lunch box." you can find my conversation with her on the rundown, plus seven food products that may not be as nutritious as advertised. we have a dispatch from hong kong, where beautiful views of the city are obscured by air pollution. read about how that region is starting to address those concerns on our world page. on art beat, jeff talks to paul hoover, editor of "postmodern american poetry," about the status of writing and poetry today. all that and more is on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the newly formed coaltion government of benjamin netanyahu, ahead of a trip to the region by president obama. i'm judy woodruff. >> woodruff: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thanks for joining us. good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has

at 9:15 eastern we will hear from melanie warner, author of pandora's lunch box, how processed food took over the american meal followed by our weekly afterwards program. this week gay-rights advocate john corvina and conservative columnist maggie gallagher engage in a point counter point discussion of gay marriage. we conclude the prime time programming at 11:00 eastern with race baiting, arguing the media is populated by pundits who play on the fears and prejudices of their viewers to garner a larger audiences. visit booktv.org for more on this weekend's television schedule. >> the e election is over and the president has been reelected and the new congress has been sworn in and we have basically what we had before other than perfect with the $4 billion to have a president be reelected, the senate remain in one party and the house remain in the republicans's hands. we have effectively gridlock. we have variations on these new terms like sequester so last week in washington, the one that never came, the snowquester and the fiscal cliff we thought we would jump off a man die and now it i

at 9:15 eastern, we'll hear from melanie warner, author of "pandora's lunchbox: how processed food took over the american meal," followed but our weekly "after words" program. a point/counterpoint discussion of gay marriage. and we conclude tonight at 11 p.m. eastern with eric deggins who argues that the media plays upon the fears and prejudices of their viewers to garner larger audiences. visit booktv.org to learn more on this weekend's television schedule. >> next on booktv, kay goss recounts the life and career of the late wilbur mills, democratic representative from arkansas and the longest continuously-serving chairman of the house ways and means committee. it's about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. i hardly recognize myself. [laughter] i think i must be a hyperactive person. [laughter] thank you so much for that warm welcome, and thanks to everyone who's here. when i look out in the audience and i see so many of my favorite people here in one room, it feels like a family reunion more than it does an event here at the school. but i couldn't feel more at home anywhere than at t

at 9:15 even we'll hear from melanie warner, author of "pandora's lunchbox: how processed food took over the american meal," followed by our weekly "after words" program. this week gay rights advocate john corvino and maggie gallagher engage in a point/counterpoint discussion of gay marriage. we conclude at 1 is p.m. eastern -- 11 p.m. eastern with eric deggins, whose book, "race baiter," will be the topic. visit booktv.org more more on this weekend's television schedule. >> next on booktv, viktor mayer-schonberger and kenneth cookier tube a new field of research that uses information to predict human behavior and events. this is a little over an hour. >> good evening and welcome to today's program at the commonwealth club of california, the place where you're in the know. i'm dr. missouri rah gunn, host of tech nation which airs on npr.org and also on the npr channels on xm sirius radio. i'm your moderator for the program this evening. tonight's program is being held in associate -- association with the commonwealth club's science-technology forum. find us on the internet at commonwealt