talk about that, mika brzezinski . when you are in your most pain, hungry, lightheaded, everybody says -- >> the feedback was amazing. >> amazing. >> starting to show. people like your mom, work, to kids. your amazing. you would not believe the designers that would throw free close at me. >> and he started writing this book. you produced it the happiest year had been on tv was this summer at the conventions weighing 135. >> and that just like a mom. >> and you would wear a sweater. the first time he had been on t and wore jeans, sweaters, weighed 134, the most comfortable yet never been. what happens when you weigh 135 forces won a team? what i am saying is, when you'r at a weight that is unhealthy you get rewarded when you are a a healthy weight. and suddenly they stop throwing clothes that you. is weird. >> i'm at the stage when i'm done with it. a way of coming clean and putting that behind me because am really tired of trying to be a size i am not. at out think it is healthy, honest, and the science behind what you

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mika brzezinski wants to start a conversation on the issue. mika joins us now.o i don't, but i have some other issues and i think as a country we have a problem with obesity and our overall relationship with food. >> what is it? >> it's i think, an addiction, and i think there's a growing amount of science out there to prove that the sugar, salt, and fat that is engineered in a lot of the food that we eat causes a lot of people to have a reward in their brain in the pleasure center of their brain that is far more -- it's as intense as an addiction to alcohol or drugs for example, in my opinion, and there are some experts that actually come forward and say that's worth looking at or i'm already there. and think this is why we are having this conversation today. >> mika you talk a lot about -- on "morning joe" with dzhokhar breaux about food addiction an obesity in america but what you've about done is say i suffer from some of the same problems as those who are obese addictions to food. why did you want to share that type of story? >> that seems leak a stretch. t

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then at 3:45 p.m., mika brzezinski examines the social, political and economic impact of obesity. you can watch these programs weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> there is no word the processed food industry hates more than the a word, addiction. and i do try to use it sparingly because they can rather convincingly argue that there are some differences between food cravings and narcotic cravings, certain technical thresholds. however, when they talk about the allure of their foods, again, their language can be so revealing, they use words like crave bl, snackable. >> salt sugar fat is our online book club selection this month. share your thoughts so far and see what others are saying on twitter at hash tag btv book club and on our facebook page. then join our live, moderated discussion online at both social sites. tuesday night at 9 eastern. >> you're watching booktv. next, david rohde argues that u.s. engagement in the middle east, gives his analysis on the arab spring and current events on syria. this is a little under an hour. >> thank you, and

mika brzezinski presents her thoughts on beastie in america if identity obsessed: america's food addiction and my own." walter cronkite iv and maurice isserman present a collection of letters that walter cronkite sent to his wife during world war ii in "cronkite's war: his world war ii letters home." in "big -- being poppy," kramer profiles george w. bush. george h.w. bush. andre lankov in "the real north korea: life and politics in the failed stalinist utopia." in "keep it pithy," bill o'reilly. margaret coyle, chief washington correspondent for the national law journal examines the supreme court under chief justice john roberts now in its seventh year in "the roberts court." look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv. booktv.org. >> 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 in nonfiction authors and books on booktv. you can see past programs and get our schedules at our web site, an

"obsessed," it may be hard to think that mika brzezinski had an overeating food problem. this problem all of her life. how we can live and eat healthier. the four-page fold that folds out. >> oh, no. >> that is a very good review. >> when you look at the science behind the addiction to certain ingredients i think more and more people are behind it. >> how about joe? >> he is doing more than you expect and we will reveal that next week. >> a dozen glazed doughnuts? >> the munchkins. >> the timing for "obsessed" is fantastic and a topic people are loving. if you're in the d.c. area, thursday, we are so excited that you and joe will sit down with us on stage in d.c. for a playbook cocktails. 6:30 on politico's website and look and see mika and joe in person and talk about the book "obsessed." tomorrow jim vandehei and i are running our first marathon. >> i did one. mile ten, you'll hurt. they are both going to do it. alex was asking if you were going to split it! mike allen, thank you. thank you, donny. >> touche. >> touche. >>> coming up next, steve rattner will explain why

>> we are big on birthdays and it's mika brzezinski's airport. >> oh, alley, thank you!uldn't be surprised if mike made that! >> i'm a big baker. >> look how productive he is! >> here i go again. >> you know how hard it was for me to get that little pearl there? >> you didn't give me a fork. >> your forthcoming book "obsessed" i think it talks about eating birthday cakes. >> it does. >> that is sugar-free. >> calorie-free. >> oh, god. is that red velvet? >> for you. >> nothing but the finest. >> thank you so much! >> someone tweeted in where we announced it's your birthday. they said mika's birthday must be fun. kale and wind sprint. >> we will go to ping-pong table. >> that i can do. >> when we go to break ping-pong and push-ups because joe needs to as well. and sit-ups. >> joe, if you're watching at home, we need you, man. >> thank you so much. jim van dehei and mike allen. >> president obama departs to mexico today. we will have a leading expert on u.s. and mexico relations, shaun nan o'neil. "morning joe" is coming right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] there are hybri

last night, "the new york times" best seller list for june 2nd, two weeks for now, "obsessed" by mika brzezinski't know that. ted cruz talking about budget negotiations and not raising the debt ceiling and then what happened? take a look. >> the senior senator from arizona urged this body to trust the republicans. let me be clear. i don't trust the republicans. and i don't trust the democrats. and i think a whole lot of americans likewise don't trust the republicans and the democrats because it is leadership in both parties that has gotten us in this mess. >> mike, mike. what? i just -- i don't know. maybe joe ought to chime in. joe? mr. cruz, is this just sort of -- >> it's going to be a hell of a lot of fun from ted cruz is standing in line in the cloak room to get hot dogs. >> yeah. >> how do you -- >> what do you do with that? >> this is a guy that, obviously, has decided he is going to be a lone wolf and you can be a lone wolf. no. on the house side. you go in the cloak room, eat hot dogs or sandwiches or whatever. any way. mike allen, this guy is obviously got no interest in working with a

you need to read "obsessed" by mika brzezinski. >> i have been obsessed by reading "obsessed". >> thetion of creativity, the fact you can talk about nate silver, shows creativitity can be applied to anything. not just about creative things. it can be crunching numbers can be done creatively. >> you're talking about politics and things going on in washington and how things stop. business for good or bad is the vehicle for change and progress in our world right now. creativity is coming out of there. that's what we're trying to encourage and highlight. >> and we've talked about, obviously, tv, we need to talk about number 8, brian canston remarkable actor in "breaking bad" but sometimes the greatest ideas, most of the times, the greatest ideas are the most simple ideas. talk about number 10, water. >> i'm sorry? >> number 10, chat irty, water. >> charity water. >> number 10. this guy -- >> scott harrison had such a remarkable concept. >> simple idea. >> so simple. water something we take for granted but is a tremendous danger and costs lives all across the world. he's gotten people exci

former national security adviser for president carter, the proud father of mika and author of "strategic vision." dr. brzezinskif california, and now can the scholars foundation is jane harman. more fascinating than my jokes at mika's signing event, the struggle is between forces funded and armed by outside sponsors notably saudi arabia, qatar and iran. also participating is foreign religious groups not directly controlled by the sponsors and american involvement -- against the u.s. and post danger that the conflict would spill over into the neighborhood and set jordan, iraq and lebanon on fire. we hear a crisis in jordan and spill over. >> even doing nothing wright means we are not involved in it and not paying the price for it because if we become involved we will be one of the potential practici -- what we have to face is this simple fact. this is not a struggle for democracy. she a struggle between sunnis and shiites and special national interests of neighbors involved. unless we can go in with overwhelming force and settle the problem, it's better not to go in and tiddly winks suggestion we do this and tha

mika personally alone. >> that will be torture. >> we expected nothing less, dr. brzezinski.en. nbc's kate snow with a firsthand account of some of the survivors inside plaza towers elementary school as the tornado bore down on moore, oklahoma. we'll be right back with much more "morning joe." it's time... for aveeno® positively radiant face moisturizer. [ female announcer ] only aveeno® has an active naturals total soy formula that instantly brightens skin. and helps reduce the look of brown spots in just 4 weeks. for healthy radiant skin. try it for a month. then go ahead and try to spot a spot. aveeno® positively radiant. naturally beautiful results. >>> 32 past the hour. the tornado cleanup continues in moore, oklahoma, this weekend as residents try to get semblance of normality back in their lives. nbc's kate snow joins us with an incredible firsthand account. kate. >> mika, on thursday parents, teachers, children finally got together again from plaza towers elementary school. there were a lot of hugs. they lost seven children at this school. now the principal and severa

mika, obsessed, your book. we had a great book party. miles and all. >> there's miles. >> yes. he's a great friend. i think miles has done four brzezinski books now. . fantastic guy. a lot of love in the room. because i think mika has a real cross-section of respect. obviously people in the media community. young women look up to her. it was a great crowd. but it's an important, important book. i'm just fwoigoing to do a 30-sd plug. you've had two best sellers. this is at a different level because i think this touches everyone. >> we did a philadelphia event. usually we go there and people ten minutes in will ask questions about you. unflattering questions about you. they want to talk about the show. on this, we're there for 90 minutes. not a single question about the show. they all wanted to talk about "obsessed." >> for two reasons. it touches everybody on a human level. particularly for women. everybody struggles with weight. obviously the good reverend is going to talk about that. it also touches on everything political at the same time. it's very rare to bring those. if you are a pundit type and if you're an "us" magazine type either way, you'