mr. elliott. go to the presentation by the youth commission. >> thank you very much chairwoman chiu.sors avalos, olague, kim. honorable members of the committee. we have prepared a modest but hopefully to the point powerpoint presentation to give you guys a bit of context. this piece of legislation before you, so if we could turn everyone's attention to the computer. that would be great. i'm the director of the youth commission and i'm here with the commissioner appointed by mayor lee and my colleague. nick. >> hi, guys. my name is nicholas, i'm a sophomore and i'm the mayor appointee on the youth commission. i just wanted to give you guys a little bit of background on the summer plus jobs campaign. so as far as local contacts, something really important that our youth really need jobs. right now, our youth job rate is the lowest in more than 60 years. we have a 33% unemployment rate. that is an 33% unemployment of youth, it's a 33% rate of youth of those that want employment. that's a major issue. and also san francisco youth constantly prioritized youth employment. for example, in

mr. elliott, thank you for being with us. what is a federal credit program? guest: the federal government either directly loans money to the private-sector or more often guarantees the loans. people will lend you money to buy a home. the fha will provide insurance to protect it. host: what is another example? you have the fha, farm programs. guest: fha, fannie mae and freddie mac, the veterans administration. housing is very popular politically. almost every department does something for it. the next biggest is student loans. that is done through the education department or guaranteed by the education department. that is big, too. as you mentioned, farm programs. you will notice a pattern. there are policy reasons for these areas. every area that gets support is politically popular. small business is the other big one. host: how much money does the government have out in the system? how much is it guaranteeing at this point? guest: when you added up, it is about $8 trillion. the bulk of that is fannie mae and freddie mac, the government sponsored enterprises

mr. hornfischer is the author of three works of naval history; the last stand of the tin can sailors published in 2004, won the samuel elliott morrison award for naval literature and was recently named by naval history magazine as one of a dozen all-time naval classics. his second book, "ship of ghosts," about the cruiser uss houston was the main selection of the history book club and the military book club and the winner in 2007 of the united states' maritime literature award. his most recent book, "neptune's inferno," published by bantam in 2011, is a major new account of the guadalcanal naval campaign. a former editor at hard per collins and now -- harpercollins, he has handled a number of nonfiction bestsellers including the number one new york times bestseller and colby award winner, "flags of our fathers." he will serve as the moderator for this 2012 colby public session. today he will be speaking about his most recent book, "neptune's inferno: the u.s. navy at guadalcanal." it is the untold story of the u.s. navy's bloodiest fight of world war ii. considered, and i quote, vivid and engaging, extremely readable, compre

elliott bay book telecom. >> in his new book rodney king recounts his life following the video recording of his beating by los angeles police on march 3rd, 1991. mrking talks about his own legal problems and alcohol addiction since then as well as the acquittal of four of the police officers in the case which led to rioting in los angeles. on tuesday rodney king speech at the center for research on black culture in harlem, new york city. but tv will bring you this event live online at 630 eastern. get to booktv.org and put the watch button on the the event in feature programs. you can also check cartels is a schedule that booktv.org for airtimes of this event. >> bear not joining book tv on c-span2, dr. judith reisman. she is most recently the author of, "sexual sabotage: how one med scientist unleashed a plague of corruption and contagion on america" who was this mad scientist you're referring to? >> a lot of people know who he is by now. i'm happy to say or unhappy, i don't know which. that would be dr. alfred c. kinsey, the founder of the kinsey institute, which is still alive. he's not alive. but it's still going on in bloomington, indiana at