. >> michael williams, union street neighborhood commercial district and others. having been involved in the legislation when union street first did a moratorium to get their lot -- their legislation strict about, i did a use survey. the restaurant business -- these buildups have been really strapped because of this micromanaging of our and cds -- ncd's. i attended one with the supervisor alioto-pier once, and she said we are doing this to the point of insanity. it takes restaurants a lot of money and almost a year to get to opening their doors and it is debilitating to them. anything we can do to streamline the process will help these guys, these small business owners, come in and set up camp. i support this, and so does the ncd. president o'brien: thank you. any more public speakers? public, disclosed. commissioner clyde: i would just like to go back to the two options, the one with the existing use categories and if they are moving into another category. i would like to support the least restrictive option. i do not think they should have to go through a condit

[applause] and it is nice to see michael williams and allen westin tim scott and herman cain in the list goes on, running not a stun who they are, but on what their ideas are. and you have been consistently, since 2009, i still can't get over the fact that you are railroad commissioner who has nothing to do with railroads, but the power of your ideas and what you say, i have appreciated you prefer and i thank you so much for being here and folks, you can send michael williams to the united states congress with your prayers, your money and your voting. [applause] .. >>> next to the evolution of homeland security since 9/11. former and current representative is from the department of homeland security and the private sector spoke of the early days of the department to read cybersecurity threats and information sharing. this panel is part of a discussion hosted by the chamber of commerce. it's about 55 minutes. >> from a national standpoint of the organization are they changing or evil thing, what are they going to look like ten years from now? pfc your efforts as a first private sector off

you can send michael williams to the united states congress with your careers, money, and your vote. [applause] >> watch more video of the candidates. see what political reporters are setting a track the latest campaign contributions with c- span is website. easy to use, helps you navigate the political landscape would twitter feeds and facebook updates from the campaign. plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus states. all at c-span.org/campaign2012. >> libyas opposition leader says rebels have captured another of muammar gaddafi sons, bringing to three the number of leaders in custody. also reporting in remarks we show you a short time ago, the secretary general of the u.n. is urging forces loyal to muammar gaddafi to stop fighting immediately. he told reporters it is important that the conflict and with no further loss of life and without retribution. the hilt is reporting this afternoon that help intelligence committee chair mike rogers is calling on the u.s. to take a prominent role and libya if muammar gaddafi is removed from power to insure the that

and folks, you can send michael williams to the united states congress with your prayers, your money and your votes. [applause] >> watch more of the other candidates, see what political reporters are saying and track the latest campaign contributions with c-span's website for campaign 2012, easy-to-use. it help you navigate the political landscape with twitter feeds and facebook updates on the campaign. candidate bios and the latest polling data plus links to c-span media partners in the early primary and caucus stage, >> next the congressional black caucus' recent town hall meeting in atlanta focusing on jobs and economy. the atlanta technical college hosts this nearly two-hour eve event. >> which was voted america's best community college in 27102009 by washington monthly magazine. yes, that's something to clap for. [applause] >> it is really an exciting day today for us, and i want to thank john lewis and hank johnson and the congressional black caucus for sharing this most important events with the s college. you for i am pleased that they decided to bring this type of event to a

house candidate michael williams from texas. this is half an hour. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. eric, thank you. thank you. thank you for the introduction, thank you for your friendship, and thank you, my friend, for your support in this particular race. you gave me an opportunity very special today, to be in this room as my friend and my colleague for the last 12 years announced his candidacy to be the president of the united states. my friends, this is already one of the best day i've had. you know, i wanted to come here and do something very, very special. somebody once asked the great american novelist alex haley what gave him the i said separation to write "roots. "and he said when you go about your business each and every day, you should find and praise it. so, my friends, i came to praise some good. the good of redstate, the good of patriots like you sitting in this room, folks who understand that we're created in the image and likeness of god, and it's from him that right come, who understand that rights don't come from government, that the simple r

also have pieces that look at the implications of the changing media landscape like bruce williams and michaelwho take seriously this idea that people are increasingly giving up local information from fake news like the daily show, and that this raises troubling questions about accountability. there are a number of contributors in the book that look at what kinds of content are rushing into the void left by departing traditional journalists. we try to fairly represent the first views. many of which we did not agree with. we have steven simon advocating for cables. we have suggestions that networks a new media like wikileaks t who organically produced an alternative is given time. and editor-in-chief of libertarian reason magazine suggest that journalism crisis is written by its losers and people like us are being overly alarmist. so we deliberately sought views that didn't necessary correspond with our own. yet like many books resolve them as a vehicle to intervene and policy debates, and we make that we come down in support of public subsidies for sustained experimental and independent media.

williams college. james macgregor burns scholarship leadership and character have inspired devotion loyalty and friendship among the generations of historians and political scientist whom he has taught. one of those is michael beschloss who we are honored to have here with us today. a student of professor burns at williams college mr. beschloss attended the harvard business school. he holds five honorary darkness and lectures both in the united states and abroad. he has served as a senior associate member of saint anthony college at oxford, visiting fellow at the harvard russian research center and a senior fellow at the annenberg foundation. he is a trustee of mir at school the white house historical foundation and the national archives foundation. he has written nine books on american presidents the most recent of which residential courage, brave leaders and how they changed america and the conquerors, roosevelt truman and the destruction of hitler's germany were both on "the new york times" bestsellers list. his previous works include two volumes on lyndon johnson's secret tapes, the crisis years, kennedy and khrushchev and kennedy and roosevelt the uneasy alliance. he is currently writing his trip ameri

and we were interviewed by 33 ballplayers in the room, all of whom were the team reps, michael jordan, buck williams ect., a group of them. every day they would cut somebody. it was like playing football. you get cut, they call you, turn in the book, and you're gone, and so by the third day, there's three of us left, and that's myself, another one who is president of the dallas mavericks now, and the other was bill strickland, a lawyer -- agent in washington, d.c., and i got selected from the three. i was the guy that the group chose to become the head of the union, and that's how i got here. >> okay. d? >> very similar to billy, both of us have very similar backgrounds, prosecutors, u.s. attorney's office, private practice, and in october of 2008, i got a call at the office from a search committee, and they left a message and said are you interested in a, you know, new job career, and to be dead honest with you, you know, i told my secretary, no, i'm not because back in 2008, you know, we were heading into a historic election, and we all thought that we would be able to elect our first black presid

policy for generations and i don't think that it michael that's the only reality this is something different excuse me with an alternative all right william this is france not going to jump this problem so let me i believe the reality since it is different if hillary clinton brought into the leaders of the addiction to foreign movement to washington and to be trained i have a picture on my web site of hillary shaking hands with many of these people well before this kicked off two thousand and eight the pentagon sent the rand corporation to train come. to be successful after they made some mistakes in an earlier time the national endowment for democracy is up to their ears in all of this in every single country there is no neutrality of washington ok please let me tell you what barak started ok to a lot of tension that that watching to try to control events on the ground in the middle east and that's patently absurd even there's no way we could i mean it's so chaotic it's so who would believe these are the way we go on central i mean there was a man we knew it at the cia is calling the shots it really defies description i mean i don't thin

don't miss ann's exclusive report tonight on "nightly news with pryian williams" and tomorrow on "today." we're joined by michaelceo of the one campaign fighting poverty and disease. you saw the pictures, they're breathtaking. seeing the weaponry of what's involved in the civil war that has led -- partly led to this disaster. what can people do? we've been looking at the countries that be helping and the countries not helping. who are getting good reports and who's not getting a good mark on your list? >> i thought that was an extraordinary report by ann, andrea. it really underlies the amazing difficulty that everyone has in making sure the supplies get through to this awful situation. that's evolving in the horn of africa and particularly in somalia. the u.n. has asked for tleerl $2.5 million in terms of emergency aid to fight the growing famine and disaster in the horn of africa. there are about a billion short of the funds that they want. we have organized a petition at one.org 150,000 people have sfo aid to be delivered. and in looking at the aid, the u.s. has been generous and so has the uk and australia a

williams college. james macgregor burns scholarship leadership and character have inspired devotion loyalty and friendship among the generations of historians and political scientist whom he has taught. one of those is michaelchloss who we are honored to have here with us today. a student of professor burns at williams college mr. beschloss attended the harvard business school. he holds five honorary darkness and lectures both in the united states and abroad. he has served as a senior associate member of saint anthony college at oxford, visiting fellow at the harvard russian research center and a senior fellow at the annenberg foundation. he is a trustee of mir at school the white house historical foundation and the national archives foundation. he has written nine books on american presidents the most recent of which residential courage, brave leaders and how they changed america and the conquerors, roosevelt truman and the destruction of hitler's germany were both on "the new york times" bestsellers list. his previous works include two volumes on lyndon johnson's secret tapes, the crisis years, kennedy and khrushchev and kennedy and roosevelt the uneasy alliance. he is currently writing his trip american

michael jordan was one of them. buck williams and a group of them. every day they would cut somebody so it was like playing football. you turn in your book and you are gone. by the third day there were only three of us left and those three were myself and the president of the dallas mavericks and the other was bill strickland who is a lawyer, and agent in washington d.c.. i got selected from the three. part was the one they chose to be head of the union. >> very similar to billy. we have similar backgrounds. u.s. attorney's office, private practice. in october of 2008 i got a call in the office from a search committee. they left a message and said are you interested in a new job career and to be honest i told my secretary i am not because back in 2008 we were heading into a historic election and we all thought we could elect our first black president. i have been involved in the campaign and on my horizon was potentially going back into government. the idea of switching firms or a new opportunity did not appeal to me. we claytor someone called back a

the next couple of sets six three six two williams in the us closing in on her second title in as many weeks following victory in stanford a fortnight michael. a bittersweet sporting reception in washington for barack obama the u.s. president in fighting reigning n.f.l. super bowl champions green bay on a customer a visit to the white house obama however is a well known front of the packers n.f.c. rivals the chicago bears to add insult to injury the conundrum chiefs hometown squad were also beaten by the clock in the conference championship playoffs this spike thought he didn't look too unhappy to be having to green bay jersey to his house. come out and say. this hurts a little bit. because a hard thing to do. it doesn't hurt as much as the n.f.c. championship game hurt. but it still hurts. you know you guys coming to my house to rub it in. staying with american football where tampa bay visited kansas city on friday to kick off both of their three seasons in new york showing a dangerous prospect this year rookie linebacker mason. foster covering the chief's fumble early on here just freeman is considered one of the quarterbacks the look out

michael vick, talk about second chances. the eagles quarterback signed a new six year $100 million contract, 40 million guaranteed. >>> to new york for the opening round of the u.s. open, venus williamsther lacey number, oh, shoot, it's tennis, very quiet. look at the running back han oh, look at this. yes, williams who has been sick much of the summer wins in straight sets. >>> i have the monday night top five. track and field world championships, lincecum had a bad day you think? pole vaulter demetri salbustev snaps the pole, injures his hand and would withdraw. no. 4, sam bradford signing a poster that says marry me. the girl is like she saw the beatles. oh, oh. forsythe didn't help his cause no. 3, dodgers -- no, she didn't see 90er game -- matt kemp couldn't get the triple ground this year. logan forsyth didn't help his cause. l.a. wins. to the desert where chris young is covering death valley, crashing into the wall, dexter fowler robbed of extra bases. no. 1, so far at the open there's a winner ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

michael jordan and patrick ewing and buck williams. and every day they would cut somebody. so it was almost like playing football. you get cut and you turn in your book, and you're gone. so by the end of the day there were three of us standing. those three were myself and tra dena ussery is now a member of the dallas mavericks and another is an agent in washington, d.c. i got selected from the three. the guy the guys chose to become the head of the union. that's how i got here. >> dee? >> similar to billy. both of us have similar backgrounds. prosecutors, states attorneys office. private practice. in october of 2008, i got a call at the office from a search committee. they left a message and said are you interested in a new job career? and to be dead honest with you i told my secretary, no, i'm not, because back in 2008 we were headed into an historical election, and we all thought we would be able to elect our first black president. and i had been -- it was potentially going back into the government so up to, it didn't appeal to me and about a week later somebody called an

william shakespeare. bill. going going, okay. so -- and he was right. because in "as you like it" shakespeare -- >> i mean, meatloaf or michael or marvin.a pretty extraordinary life. i was doing a little roll call of near-death experiences you've had. crashed in a car which rolled over. struck in the head during a shot put event. >> the car-rolling thing was really good. is was a corvair. >> hang on. struck on the head during a shot put event? >> it was at practice but it was 62 feet with a 12-pound shot. i won't make you do this but i do have a dent in my skull from it. >> seriously? >> yeah. okay. right here. you can feel it. >> wow, you have! >> yeah. >> what an amazing thing! meatloaf is dented. >> but i was passed out longer in pittsburgh from the asthma attack than i was getting hit at 62 feet with a 12-pound shot. >> then you broke your legs while performing a concert. you were then struck with wolf parkinson heart syndrome. >> that was a compliment. >> a compliment? >> yes. because when they diagnosed wolf parkinson white the doctor came in and said you're among an elite group. i said, why is that? he goes, marathon runners get

william shakespeare. bill. okay. and so, that -- he -- and he was right. because in "as you like it" they have really -- >> i mean, meat loaf or michael or marvin has had a pretty life. crashed in a car which rolled over, struck on the head during a shot put event. >> the carrolling thing -- >> hang on. you were shot in the head on a shot put event. >> it was a practice. but it was 62 feet with a 12-pound shot. i actually have -- i won't make you do this, but i do have a dent in my skull because of it. >> seriously? >> you can feel it. >> wow, you have. >> yeah. >> what an amazing thing. meat loaf was dented. >> i was passed out longer in pittsburgh with the asthma attack. >> well, you then broke your legs while performing a concert. then struck with a syndrome that affected your heart. >> that was a compliment, actually. wolf parkinson white, the doctor came in and said you're among an elite group. i said why's that? he said marathon runners get that. i went great. enter me. so pro athletes get that quite a bit. >> are you very unmlicki, or are you very lucky because you're still alive? >> i'm very lucky because it seems to me. any kind who gets singled out fo

myself and michael holmes are here to sort all this out. we also have former defense secretary william cohen, who is with us. when you see this picture unfold, what are we watching? what do you make of where we are in this warfare? >> well, it's reaching its final stages, it appears to be, at least. the only caution i would have here as the rebels move into that compound, given what michael had said about the size of it, they be very careful about parts of it being booby-trapped. to celebrate at this point before they have secured all the premises i think would be -- would not be wise. i think they have to be careful as they're moving through. if this is going to be quote, the equivalent of custer's last stand, i would assume gadhafi forces would have something in store, in surprise, for the rebels. hopefully they will take great care and caution as they're moving through. ultimately, if this is the major compound, they will be looking for tunnels you talked about earlier in the program, as to whether or not gadhafi has underground exit strategy to get out of town, so to speak. whether

williams' latest, "muzzled." and inside the world of "the pirates of somalia." sign up for booktv alert, it's weekend schedule's in your inbox. >>> and up next on booktv, michael wallis recalls the life of frontiersman david "davy" correct. crockett. it's about an hour. >> thank you so much. it's great to be with you. and it's wonderful to come into a city where there's rain. [laughter] um, i live in, my wife susanne who's with me -- you'll meet her later -- we live and have lived for some years in tulsa, oklahoma, where there's plenty of water and wood, it's a very green place, but like the rest of this nation it's been stricken, and temperatures in triple digits for many, many days. and that's the way it's been for us most of the summer because we're now in the last leg of this national book tour, and we've been all over the country, deep into the eastern united states on the other side of the mississippi where i sometimes go and all over the southwest and the west where i prefer to be. being a native of missouri, i've always looked west down the santa fe trail, down the immigrant trails, down my beloved route 66. sos this is the part of the country -- so this is t

then michael moore on his upcoming memoir. at 9:10 eastern, juan williams signing copies of his book, "muzzled," and at 9:25 eastern, armstrong williams at a book party for his book, "reawakening virtues." ♪ [background sounds] >> notice the color of the bourbon, that pretty amber color that you see is all coming from the char on the inside of the barrel. this char is where bourbon gets all of its color and a lot of its flavor. currently, they've discovered over 200 chemical flavors just >> this weekend we highlight frankfurt, kentucky, on booktv and american history tv. throughout the weekend look for the history and literary life of kentucky's state capital. on booktv on c-span2, vice, violence, corruption and urban renewal. douglas boyd or frankfurt's crawfish bottom. and kent masterson brown on the life of soldier john potter. of only four distilleries in operation during prohibition. for medicinal purposes, of course, and the first two statehouses burnt to the ground. stop by the third, the old state capitol. booktv and american history tv in frankfurt

then michael moore at bookexpo america on his upcoming hem poi worry. at 9:10 eastern, juan williamsn "muzzled," and armstrong williams on his book, "reawakening virtues." booktv will be online this afternoon as david graeber talks about his book, "debt: the first 5,000 years." that'll be on booktv. finalists from are the 2011 explorer vision contest appeared before the house science committee recently for a hearing on science, technology, engineering and math education. explorer vision is a competition where teams of students research particular technology and predict uses for that technology in the future. this is about an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> the committee on science, space and technology will come to order and say to you a very cheerful good morning. and you have the right to say good morning back if you want to. [laughter] i want to welcome you to today's hearing. it's entitled "stem education in action: learning today, leading tomorrow." and by gosh, we have a lot of leaders in front of us. every one of us from my right to my left and all of us here are

. >> michael, there are a number of characters we could go to in your book, and that's one thing i like about your book, frank crowe with his stetson hat, william mulholland who's famous in l.a. history. pick a fellow that you want to talk about as instrumental in the hoover dam and in your book. >> sure. well, i think inescapably the single character of the construction phase of hoover dam and my book goes all the way back to the 1800s and brings the story or pretty close to modern times. but, obviously, the construction of the dam is the centerpiece, and that is frank crowe. he was the superintendent, he worked for six companies which was the private contracting consortium that built the dam, the remnants of which today, bechtel company. crowe was a fascinating character and also the summit of a lot of myth -- subject of a lot of myth making earlier on. he was a dam builder extraordinaire. hoover dam was his 14th dam. he built dams in the remote mountains of the north many idaho and montana -- in idaho and montana, he built dams in deserts. hoover dam was built in the most remote and harshest environment that he had ever worked in, but he und

michael, they're a number of characters we could go to in your book. i like the number of yours who n develop. frank crowe with his stetsond wo hat. williammulholland who is famous in l.a. history. talk about as instrumental in the hoover dam and in your book. >> sure. well, i think inescapably the single character of the construction phase of hoover dam and my book goes all the way back to the 1800s and brings the story or pretty close to modern times. but, obviously, the construction of the dam is the centerpiece, and that is frank crowe. he was the superintendent, he worked for six companies which was the private contracting consortium that built the dam, the remnants of which today, bechtel company. crowe was a fascinating character and also the summit of a lot of myth -- subject of a lot of myth making earlier on. he was a dam builder extraordinaire. hoover dam was his 14th dam. he built dams in the remote mountains of the north many idaho and montana -- in idaho and montana, he built dams in deserts. hoover dam was built in the most remote and harshest environment that he had ever worked in, but he understood when the planses were c

. >> michael, their number of kerry jersey could go to in your book and that's one of theur things i like is the number of characters is interesting prefall. frank crow, william mulholland, famous in l.a. history. about thke a fellow you want to talk about that was instrumental in the hoover dam and in youre bof >> inescapably come in the essential character of the construction phase of hoover das the story or pretty close to modern times. but, obviously, the construction of the dam is the centerpiece, and that is frank crowe. he was the superintendent, he worked for six companies which was the private contracting consortium that built the dam, the remnants of which today, bechtel company. crowe was a fascinating character and also the summit of a lot of myth -- subject of a lot of myth making earlier on. he was a dam builder extraordinaire. hoover dam was his 14th dam. he built dams in the remote mountains of the north many idaho and montana -- in idaho and montana, he built dams in deserts. hoover dam was built in the most remote and harshest environment that he had ever worked in, but he understood when the planses were coming together, and he knew about t

williams college for bringing us all together. thank you, all, for being here. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much. >> thank you, all, for coming, and give one more hand to our guest, susan dunn, michael beschloss, and -- [inaudible] >> >> next from the harlem book fair, a forum and manning marable's biography on malcolm x. this is a little more than an hour. >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome, again, to the 2011 harlem book fairment i'm williams, an associate professor at fairfield university, and the chief historian at the jackie robinson museum, and i want to welcome you here to the forum. we are here to discuss manning marable's biography on mall malcolm x and the impacts of the life and legacy of this african-american icon. manning marable began the study as a corrective to the highly influential biography of malcolm x standing as one the most important works of african-american literature ever produced. despite its widespread influence and acclaim, there's always been questions concerning its autothen -- authenticity. the autobiography presents a unique portrait of mall come's life as a american morality tale, but it's always been at odds with the complex individual many k