mr. casey opines on the tsa, wikileaks, the catholic church and dick cheney. booktv spoke to mr. casey for a half an hour at freedom fest, a libertarian can't help annually in las vegas. postcode now joining us on booktv is doug casey. mr. casey, who are you? >> guest: i guess i am just known as an author. but i did my living as a speculator in the marketplace. probably a fair answer. >> host: what books have you read? >> guest: i read a book in 1976 called the international man. it was the guide book to the world, a personal freedom and financial opportunity. it became the largest selling book in the history of rhodesia a couple years later i went there during the war and do what i always do in these places. open up a telephone book. there were two publishers at the time. i called them up, got along with one in the media personality. >> host: your book in 1979? >> guest: that book was written in 1978. the subtitle in the coming great depression and things have very nasty as you may recall was 50, 60% interest rates. but a hundred dollars, so for. this time, 30 years after the fac

mr. filner go away. casey san diego this morning. >> reporter: we don't know how much san diego taxpayers are going to be on the hook for bob filner's alleged misdeeds. the details of this proposed settlement that the city council will consider this afternoon remain confidential. i want to read you a statement that was put out late yesterday by one who helped negotiate the deal. he said i joined these mediation discussion to ensure the city dpets the pest possible deal for the taxpayers. we must put this civic dysfunction behind us. how much do they pay him to go away in terms of covering his legal costs for the sexual harassment suit that has been filed, in terms of his pension benefits. he already stands to clek somewhere in the neighborhood of $95,000 a year in pension benefits. about 20,000 of this is from the city of san diego. the cost of him staying in office is significant. so that is something the city council will be considering. we will point out that all nine city council members have publicly stat

casey. [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary, for your kind remarks. i am humbled that you have asked me to help launch this initiative, and i'm thankful to you for the opportunity to contribute to your work as secretary of state. i see so many of my friends in this audience. i am not going to begin to call names or we would be here very long time, but i am deeply touched that you were here. ofm blessed by the fruit long and deep conversations i've had, so thank you and bless you for coming. i want to recognize my wife and my daughter, sarah, thank you for your love, patience, toleration that they have given to me over the years. [applause] yes, please. but i am deeply touched that you were all here. yearscretary, several ago, you and i started a conversation about the rich, diverse, complicated public invocations that religious belief -- complications that religious belief in progress -- in practice. some believe that religion poisons everything, while others were saying that religion would save and solve everything. you do, however, that the reality

casey. [applause] [applause] >> thank you, mr. secretary, for your kind remarks.i'm humbled that you asked me to help launch this initiative and i'm thankful to you for the opportunity to contribute to your work as secretary of state. i'm not going to be able to call names. it's been a long time, but i'm deeply touched that you are here. i am blessed by the conversations that we have had, i think you and bless you for coming. i want to recognize my wife and daughters sarah, we thank you for the patience they have modeled to me over the years. and i am deeply touched that you are all here. >> mr. secretary, you and i started a conversation about the rich and diverse complicated public implications of the religious beliefs and practice. you knew, however, that the reality was somewhere in between and i remember thinking at the time how unusual it was for a public figure to see the power of religious groups tackling extreme poverty, combating global climate change, and even at a time when others focused on those religious acts of extremism and perversely claiming jus

mr. obama is also facing criticism for not doing enough to keep congress better informed. pennsylvania senator bob caseyow joins me from pittsburgh. thank you very much. a lot of push back. senator cain said he thought there was no rush, no need to rush, that congress should be informed more fully. and that there is also a political requirement to wait for the brits, wait for the u.n.. what is your point of view? >> i don't think deliberation is a bad thing. i think we should make a considered judgment about this. but i think if we're just going to have weeks and weeks of delay, to sanction what is a crime against humanity, this has been happening now, this isn't the first time that this regime has engaged in this kind of conduct, used this tactic on the most vulnerable people imaginable. if this goes without sanction, without punishment, we'll see it not only used against the syrian people, but it use be used against u.s. troops, against our allies and it could further destabilize the region. don't forget we're not simply talking about syria here. we're talking about the iranian regime which plots agai

casey wian, many thanks. we may never know all the reasons why that california teenager was kidnapped and taken into the idaho wilderness by that family friend, but one of mrmaggio's friends has an idea. >> i'm positive that he had a suicidal plan. the fact that he took his cat out into the wilderness with him that he had saved before i mentioned on your show, it was very strange to shoot a dog, but when people have a suicidal plan, they'll often take things with them that they want to die and go with them if they believe in a god or afterlife. a lot of people are sure he's going to hell, but, you know, it's very common people have a suicidal plan and the dates fit so perfectly and he was there, also an eerie semblance he took on a father role with this girl, hannah, and he also did the same thing with laura when laura was abandoned by their family. >> so let's dig deeper into this with mary ellen o'tool, a former senior profiler for the fbi, welcome. >> thank you. >> do you agree with that friend, did dimaggio have a suicide plan? >> well, in the fbi you could never look inside somebody's head and know exactly what they are thinking, so we would look at t