david westin on his 13 years in the network news network, douglas brinkley on walter cronkite and michael gillett on lbj and lady bird johnson and sunday noon to 6 h w brand on ulysses s. grant, at the mexico drug cartel and margaret draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. now on booktv actor tony danza recounts the year he spent teaching tenth grade english in philadelphia's largest bicycle. the author before becoming an actor wanted to be a teacher, recalls the initial troubles he had engaging his students and his later breakthroughs. this is 45 minutes. [applause] >> hello, everyone. white neck. what are we going to do? i can't believe when i am standing backstage listening to carol say those things about me, i want you to know, by the way, the cameras in january, i want you to see, i thought i had figured out a way to make teaching a. make it a tv job. i could be a teacher and her tv job. they left in january and by was a real teacher. i went listening to ms. carroll say those things to me. the greatest compliment at the end

douglas brinkley on walter cronkite and michael gillett on texas native lbj and lady bird johnson. sunday from noon to 6:00 each w brand on ulysses s. grant, infiltrating mexico's drug cartel and robert draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. .. [applause] >> well, one of the things that's fun for me about being here tonight, as gary mentioned, i am from san louis. it's always good to do these things in san louis. i have some wonderful people who shape my life in the front row. my second grade teacher. please help me to welcome that. [applause] and i know that if this book can have the kind of affect on just one person's life that pat and my other teachers had on me, this will be a very successful book. thank you very much for being matter tonight. i will begin the book reading cry from the very beginning where i asked jack people to imagine themselves in the navy seals training. this is out its starts. you stand in freezing water up to your chest. every muscle in your body throbs with pain. you're exhausted beyond

hear from douglis brinking, mark updegrove, michael gillette.al, live on book tv. >> washington journal is focusing on key battleground states. up next, a discussion of this year's campaign in nevada. votes in this election. demirjian according. i want to start with a few statistics. according to a recent report, between the end of 2006 and the end of 2011, says home values fell nearly 60%, higher than any other state. in 2011, home prices fell. that is on top of the state having the largest unemployment rate, about 11. % in september. talk about this election using those numbers as a backdrop. it is about the economy. these numbers can matter very much. the nevada housing market continues to be bad. almost 70% of homes are under water at this stage. the unemployment rate has dipped below 12% for the first time since september. you are having a population contending with the worst brunt of the economic crisis. when the candidates come to town they hammer home their economic philosophy. there are anchors on the economy that will continue to weigh

michael gillette and mr. mark updegrove will be able to sign books shortly.you can buy the books and get them signed. as a matched set, juas a matche. as a matched set, just like lyndon johnson and ladybird. all proceeds go to texas public library. >> you guys are fabulous. >> thank you. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> that concludes today's coverage of the 17th annual texas book festival. we will be live again from austin, texas, at 12:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. visit booktv.org for a complete schedule. >> booktv is on facebook. like us and interact with viewers. watch videos and get up-to-date information on events. facebook.com last booktv. >> when arthur bohan goes on trial, he is very eager to win a conviction. by this time, mrs. gordon has come forward and come to the defense of her alleged assailant. she says in the trial that arthur never believe that he never intended to hurt her, and she felt safe in his presence and that he was just drunk and that she wonderful thing to go away. well, he was implacable. and he didn't listen to this. he m

hear from david westen, douglas brinkley on the late cbs news anchor walter caron cite, and michael gillette on texas natives lbj and ladybird johnson. and sunday noon to 6, h.w. brands, infiltrating mexico's drug cartels, and robert draper inside the house of representatives. the texas book festival, live this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >>> you're watching c-span2 with politics and public affairs. weekdays featuring live coverage of the u.s. senate. on weeknights watch key public policy events, and every weekend the latest nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, and you can join in the conversation on social media sites. >>> a look, now, at the importance of the hispanic vote in the key swing states of florida, colorado and north dakota. this event was held in washington tuesday by the national association of latino elected and appointed officials also known as naleo. this is about 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. we're going to get, we're going to get started with our briefing this morning. the presen

. ♪ ♪ gillette the best a man can get. parr >> michaely be out tonight but we're still going to talk wall street reform. first lawrence o'donnell with different difficulties, and a science lesson from congressman paul broun. when it doesn't fit anywhere else we put it in the view finder. >> don't say you weren't warned this would happen. we don't have it. we were going to show you i guess you can figure outs the etch-a-sketch tape of the romney guy saying we're going to etch-a-sketch thing. but the control rom room, it doesn't always happen. >> the woman fainted on the air and her co-host kept talking like nothing happened. >> are you okay? >> what this does is give us an opportunity. >> one person was unconscious while the other person kept talking like the last year's debate. >> everything is coming up romney. the latest polls have romney neck and neck with obama. >> which polls are the pundits' favorite? >> before the debate the majority were leaning toward pew and gallup, but look what happened last week, a massive swing. >> in7-eleve

michael gillette and mr. mark updegrove will be able to sign books shortly.you can buy the books and get them signed. as a matched set, juas a matche. as a matched set, just like lyndon johnson and ladybird. all proceeds go to texas public library. >> you guys are fabulous. >> thank you. >> thank you. [inaudible conversations] >> that concludes today's coverage of the 17th annual texas book festival. we will be live agapaul hendrict book is hemmingway's boats. everything he loved in life and lost. what was the pillar? >> it was a fishing cruiser that hemming way bought in 1934 and owned for the last 27 years of his life, the most beloved material possession he ever owned, and so i thought maybe i could tell the hemingway story in a new way as a figure story telling devis. >> could you do it? >> well, i went to cuba in 2005, to havana, and when the guards were not looking, i certain tishesly touched the boat, a moving experience. the boat was dry dock, on a hillside at hemingway's home, and it was in terrible condition. it looked as if it were dying of thirst