it's a difference of magnitude we've seen with this president. >> brown: michael waldman, go ahead. >don't agree with that. the list showed he in the first term was quite timid in many respects in using his executive power. the number of executive orders tells the story. it's not the only story. sometimes you count calories and sometimes carbs. i'm not aware of executive actions he took akin to seizing steel mills and other kinds of things presidents have done in the past that raised many questions. and a lot of the things that he has done has been in the nature of the typical things presidents do when they're implementing complex statutes such as the healthcare law or making priority decisions about what kinds of deportations to do and that sort of thing. i'm actually puzzled about the degree of hyperventilation that sometimes we hear about this. my concern first off is how we can get congress to not be as paralyzed as it has made its isself with the super majority requirement of 60 votes to move anything, and i actually think there are things the president has not acted on that he c

right i'm not entirely sure that's what james madison had in mind we're talking with the author michael waldman his brilliant book the second amendment the biography is available everywhere we'll be back right after the. secret laboratory kirby was able to build the world's most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tunes mission to teach creation of life should care about humans. this is why you should care only on the dot com. i think. the word like. did you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy albus. role. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our crack cynical we've been hijacked like handful of transnational corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers one school class i'm tom mark and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying the problem. rational debate and real discussion critical i

up with michael waldman his brilliant book this month a biography is available everywhere books are sold lightly and now the heller case the n.r.a. didn't bring that did they. no you're right larry they did not bring it it was actually brought by a small group of libertarian lawyers who thought the n.r.a. was too tempted the n.r.a. actually tried to block the case because they were worried they might lose but they had sort of prepared the ground. so that when the case did go up to the supreme court it was a five to four ruling it was justice antonin scalia in a way it was his first really big ruling that he'd that he'd been the lead author of and it said that it was just following the original intent of the founding fathers. and you know there's a big debate i don't actually think it follow that original intent but it was a big moment at the supreme court for that reason alone how come nothing have a chance how come the n.r.a. remains so entrenched in congress that they can't get they can override that court ruling. well you know the n.r.a. is a big group it's got a few million members b

. >> the book the second amendment, a look, i talked to the author michael waldman. i asked him when did the supreme court first recognize the american's right to bear arms? >> the supreme court first recognized in 2008, that was the first time. it actually ruled otherwise before that. when the supreme court said it was following the original intent of the framers, when you look back at what they were thinking about when they wrote the second amendment, it was to preserve the local military institutions. >> let's just read the amendment here. it's short. a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. so what does it mean? >> well, back then, every adult man, every adult white man actually eventually was in the well regulated militia and they were required by law to own a gun and keep it at home. so it was an individual right to fulfill the civic duty to serve. >> and protect the state. >> and protect the state. and they were worried, they believe those militias fought off

on wednesday we'll be covering michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice at new york university law school. he'll be talking about his book, "the second amendment: a biography," and he'll be speaking at the national constitution center in philadelphia. on thursday night, booktv will be in columbia, missouri, at the daniel boone regional library hosting a talk by travel writer william pete moon, he'll be discussing his best-selling book, "blue highways." on that same night, we'll be covering james oakes on his book "the scorpion sting: anti-slavery and the coming of the civil war" at the new york historical society. and then on sunday, june 8th, we'll be at the center for african-american history art and culture in aiken, south carolina, to record south carolina congressman james clyburn talking about his memoir, "blessed experiences." and that's a look at some of the author programs booktv will be covering this upcoming week. for more, go to booktv.org and visit "upcoming programs." >> here's a look at some books that are being published this week. jack devine, former

wednesday we're covering michael waldman, president of the brennan center for justice and new york universityalking about his book the second amendment:biography and speaking at the national constitution center in philadelphia. thursday night booktv will be in columbia, missouri at the daniel boone regional library hosting a talk by william moon who will be discussing his writing and best-selling book blue highways. that same night we will be covering civil war historian james oakes on his book the scorpion sting:anti slavery and the coming of the civil war. end new york historical society. and then on sunday june a we will be at the center for african american history, art and culture in south carolina to record south carolina congressman james cliburn talking about his memoir blessed experiences. and look at the author programs booktv will be covering this coming week. for more go to our web site booktv.org and visit upcoming programs. >> here's a look at some books being published this week. former deputy director of operations at the center intelligence agency recounts his 32 years of ser

corp. 2014] >> tomorrow on "washington reporter's roundtable on the news of the week with paul waldman and michael laurent. a discussion on the supreme court ruling on presidential recess apartments with chris edelson, the author of "presidential all as c and to be rule of law -- presidential policy and the rule of law." on why so manyn unaccompanied minors are crossing the border into the u.s. as always we will be taking your calls and you can join the conversation on face and twitter. eastern herea.m. on c-span. tv set down with hillary clinton in little rock to discuss her newest book "hard choices." -- i learned before -- but certainly as secretary of unexpected.ect the nobody expected the so-called arab spring until it was upon us. we have to learn to be agile and whilefor the unexpected, we try to build the world we want, especially for our children and now my future grandchild. we have got to be aware of the fact that all these other countries, all these billions of people, they are making hard choices every single day. we have to be ready for that. because i am absolutely convinced we have

guests are paul waldman and michael warren.rt putting these employers who are hiring all these illegals in jail. not the people coming over the border. it is not their fault. it is the people who are hiring them a cheaper wages than the americans are making. put them in jail. host: ok. thank you for the call. james makes this point on immigration. to artie.ext to see what my report can -- or publican party has turned into. we apologize for that language. chris mcdaniels lashes out at the gop establishment over the suicide. a tweet.ive set out that tweet was later taken down. chris mcdaniel lost the runoff. he has not conceded the race. what is next in mississippi? guest: i don't think he has that much recourse. cochran wonthad this. increased turnout. it looks like thad cochran turned out more. i do think there are some lessons from the mississippi race that have to do with this divide within the party. establishment and chamber of commerce put a lot of money bethis race, they can organized and by definition they are. they can

." >> this morning, a reporters roundtable with the news of the week with paul waldman and weekly standard writer michael warren. then a discussion on the supreme court ruling on presidential recess appointments with chris later, eric olson from the woodrow wilson center talks about why so many unaccompanied minors are crossing the border into the u.s. and as always, we will figure calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. " is next.n journal ♪ good morning. on capitol hill, the flag made that half-staff in memory of howard baker, the tennessee republican who died last thursday. is spending much of his week in washington, d.c., on wednesday he will be meeting with leading economist to discuss job creation and economic growth. we are going to begin on that topic, one of the headlines from the wall street journal, the u.s. economy shrinks by the most in the last five years. this question -- what is the best way to create jobs?

michael jackson self-administered a dose of propofol, that with the lorazepam, created a perfect storm in his body that killed him instantly. >> they said it was the final fatal move. dr. robert waldman's dermatologist n the months before his death, jackson got frequent treatments and lots of painkillers. >> i believe there is evidence that he was probably addicted to opioids. >> for the jackson family, they were hard words to hear. >> and they sat in that courtroom and listened to testimony that their son and brother was a drug addict. and often, they had to leave. but they were always there the next day. >> the addiction, the insomnia, the desperation were so great that jackson followed powerful pills by the handful. >> that is enough to put six of you to sleep. >> but was murray responsible for jackson's fatal overdose? as the opposing attorneys gave their closing arguments, two very different answers emerged. >> ladies and gentlemen, the evidence in this case is overwhelming, that conrad murray acted with criminal negligence, that conrad murray caused the death of michael jackson, that conrad murray left prince, paris and blanket without a father. >> dr. murray -- >> the defense