you're on with mitch kaplan. >> mr. kaplan, my wife and i just went to spain and visited barcelona and a friend recommended that we read carlos ruiz fund shadow of the wind which was just fantastic and we wondered if you had read it and what you think of it.t >> david, what was said about the book that grabbed you? >> is taking so again. it has strange characters in these descriptions are much like charles dickens. >> you're absolutely right. it's also about books. it's a book that booksellers i l buzzed.ov thank you for bringing it to our attention. >> christine, guilford, new hampshire. hi, christine. >> hi, hello. am i speaking to mitchell kaplan? >> you are. hi, christine.. >> i come to mitchell. i knew you back in the 90s. i was a faculty member and a very dedicated book fair at that time and help to recruit lots and lots of volunteers in that capacity. i just wanted to say after 10 years in the middle east and now live in new hampshire. i just want to comment how important independent bookstores are in new england

you are on with mitch kaplan. >> guest: hello, mr. kaplan. my wife and i just went to spain and visited barcelona and a friend recommended that we read carlos luis shadowed the way wind which we thought was fantastic and we wondered if you read it and what you think of it. >> host: david, what was it about the book that grabbed you? >> guest: it was dickens sony in. it had strange characters and descriptions that were much like charles dickens. >> guest: you are absolutely right. and it's about books. it is a book that looks sellers love and i love it as well. thank you for bring it to her attention. >> host: christine, new hampshire. hi. >> guest: -- >> caller: . am i speaking to mitchell kaplan? >> host: you are. >> caller: i knew you back in the 90s. i was a faculty member and a very dedicated book fair volunteer at that time. and help to recruit lots and lots of volunteers in that capacity. i just wanted to say after 10 years in the middle east i now live in new hampshire and i just wanted to comment how important independent bookstores a

and he's due to begin in just a minute or so you'll hear from mitch kaplan who is the owner of books and books bookstore and one of the founders of the miamibook festival he'll be helping with the introduction and questions. you'll hear from him in just a minute but we thought you might want to see the room see soflt folks and see some of the activity going on so i'm going to go now to the booktv room here at miami-dade college senator bernie sanders our revolution. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [applause] thank you very much. and there's just about five minutes between my welcome to you and senator sanders so thank you so much for being here. [applause] i'm l mal harrison and a pleasure to welcome you to the book fair and wouldn't be possible without the support of sponsors such as a knight foundation, degrout foundation, bachelor foundation and many, many other sponsors as i said. we also are very grateful to the friend of miami book fair international if you would wave one more time because i'd like to recognize you for your support. and, of course, miami-dade college of convener of this oustanding l

and he's due to begin in just a minute or so you'll hear from mitch kaplan who is the owner of books and books bookstore and one of the founders of the miamibook festival he'll be helping with the introduction and questions. you'll hear from him in just a minute but we thought you might want to see the room see soflt folks and see some of the activity going on so i'm going to go now to the booktv room here at miami-dade college senator bernie sanders our revolution. ♪

you will hear from dana perino, miami book fair cofounder mitch kaplan and national book award winner colson whitehead area go to booktv.org to get a complete schedule of events for sunday. >> c-span: where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america'stelevision companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider .the duquesne incline 77, one of four inclines use to transport people to the top of what was once called cool he'll. >> special collections room the carnegie library, pittsburgh. we will come back later to look at some of his materials but right now we're going to make our way down to the second floor to the reference services department to look at the reading room. right now we're going to pass through our books tax. we have 11 storybook start at the rear of the building, and we're going to move from their to the second floor. yoyou'll notice in the book stas that the floors are all green glass panels. that is so that light can pass through all of the floors of the stacks and help to illuminate them. we have to rem

we'll hear from author and "fox news" host dana reno miami book fair co-founder mitch kaplan in book award winner colson whitehead. .. >> >> when i left i went out into the world into the community to learn in life and how to be a man. and their workshops all along the avenue they are not there in more. >> and that discrimination not be faced from the darker skin students chasing kids hold after-school calling him cracker as they fly at the st. running into your yard there was a day at woodstock them. but one day their mother said we will put an end to this. close the gate let them come up and chase them back into that corner to that big pail of water but overhead she doused them with the big bucket of water and said steve my kids alone. but that was the dynamics of the integrated neighborhood. really not of racial tension but she is said j. pittsburg figure all but one of his major plays whether it is urban redevelopment and coming of drugs or urban renewal later in the 1990's. so he and his plays really capture like that spurred history. to have a real sense that he walked the stre

speaker, mitch kaplan is an inspiration to south floridians and for people across the nation. thank you, plitch, for your tireless work and dedication to all of us book lovers everywhere. hank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. frump does the gentleman from california seek recognition? without objection. >> mr. speaker, many americans woke up today and after the election under a cloud of fear and anxiety. there are children who, for perhaps the first time in their lives, are wond forget this country welcomes and respects them. mr. takano: i rise today to remind my colleagues the incoming administration, and the american people, that millions of our veterans and service members have made incredible sacrifices in defense of a single, powerful idea. no matter where you come from, what you believe, or who you love, you deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. on veterans day we expressed our enduring gratitude to those men and women, latinos and muslims, christians and jews, african-americans and all others who put all the -- put on the u

mitch mcconnell. c-span congressional producer craig kaplan tweeted the remarks from the president-elect who said beautiful, really beautiful, after touring the area where he will be inaugurated at the u.s. capitol. the president-elect also meeting with house speaker paul ryan. they walked through a side hallway. this is just past the main rotunda of the capitol on their way to the house side of the capitol. and then speaker ryan took mr. trump to the speaker's office in the capitol to show him the area where the inauguration will take place on january 20th. congress returns for a lame duck session next week. still on the agenda, federal spending for 2017. also a look here at a tweet from stan colinner the: trump's surprise win totally changed what will happen in the lame duck session of congress that begins next week. we'll have live corning an on -- coverage on c-span and c-span2. here's a look at some of today's white house briefing dealing with the presidential transition. >> thanks, josh. president obama described the meeting with president-elect donald trump as excellent. i wonder if there was anythi

kaplan. >> paul ryan's office shared a tour liveideo of the on facebook. let's take a look. >> after meeting with speaker ryan, president-elect trump crossed the capital to meet with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. we got them as they arrived at senator mcconnell's office. >> mr. trump, what is your reaction? mr. trump: really, really beautiful. >> the meeting lasted about an hour and president-elect donald trump briefly spoke to reporters on his way out. vice president-elect pence left 30 minutes before. >> [indiscernible] first priority, day one, what is it going to be? mr. trump: lots of great priorities. we have a lot. -- look very strongly at immigration, health care, and jobs. >> [indiscernible] trump: thank you, everybody. >> after walking mr. trump to his motorcade, majority leader mitch mcconnell gave his thoughts on the meeting. >> we had a really good issues that wet obviously agree on [indiscernible] >> donald trump was visiting washington, d.c., yesterday, hillary and bill clinton took their dogs for a hike and chappaqua, new york. this photo shared by a supporter who ran into the former secretary of state on the hiking trail. .ongress returns next week on the agenda for