with a very candid and compelling new afterword. she is a senior fellow working on health care issues. it's always good to see her. you look so good. how are you feeling? >> i feel great actually. you know, i'm always going to have some sort of treatment. i'm on chemotherapy now. had chemotherapy this morning, matter of fact, in north carolina. sometimes the treatment gets you down. but the disease is not getting me down. >> larry: what does the chemo do? you're in stage 4, right? >> i'm stage 4. the chemo i'm taking right now has a lot of effect on my blood. so i'm not supposed to cut my cuticles or floss or do things that might introduce infection. and sometimes i'm breathless. so i'm planning a trip with the children. i've got to make sure i have someone to help me. you know, because probably, times, i'm not going to be able to move luggage for two children and me. little things you have to plan ahead for. >> larry: we're not going to get into the specifics of your disease. having had friends take it, i've had a couple friends wh

"resilience," terrific book, with a new afterword, now out in paperback. you have had to deal, in your life, with loss. the loss of a husband. nothing compares in loss to the death of a child though, right? >> nothing compares. >> larry: distant second. >> right. in some ways, that helps you keep some balance, you know, about how important whatever pain you're going through now is. it really does give you some perspective on it. doesn't mean it hurts less. but it does -- you know, you say if i had to choose between one of these, what would i choose, this is a no-brainer. >> larry: we're honoring the name thing and i understand it. is it that you have difficulty with it? >> no, what it is, this is my story, and if people want to talk about that part of the story, they're not talking about the book. if you were talking about the book and -- >> larry: the book is about "resilience." >> the book is about what i went through. when wade died or when the cancer came or when the cancer came back or when i found out that my marriage was not, you know, all i believe

afterwords," ali speaks about the life that she left behind. then, a discussion about the legacy left behind by franklin roosevelt. this weekend, the former "new york times," public editor on the changing industry. >> i worry about the standards and maintaining journalistic integrity as we move from one media world to another. >> next, a look at a history of the agricultural department and a focus on race relations and civil-rights. . >> this was my decision it was a decision that i -- this was my decision. it was a decision that i regret having made in haste. you ask why. we have been focused on trying to address the longstanding issue of civil rights claims against the department. there are outstanding claims brout by black farmers, hispanic farmers from women farmers, and native american farmers. these are not just a few instances or isolated claims. there are tens of thousands of claims that have been brought against the department. host: jerry hagstrom is a contributing editor with "national journal." can you give our viewers and over all outline of what has been going on at the agricultural department when it comes to civ rights? guest:

news on univision -- the largest spanish-language television network in the united states. we will spend an hour with him sunday night on c-span's "q&a." >> this weekend on book tv's "afterwords," napolitano talks about the "lies the government told you." you'll be interviewed by ralph nader. nonfiction books all weekend on the tv -- "booktv." >> now, a conversation about the economic recovery from today's "washington journal." this is just under 45 minutes. [no audio] [no audio] used they wrote an article about the economic recovery being driven by global imbalances. what do you mean by that? guest: things were out of whack. there were and balances where china and other asian nations were saving too much and spending too little. we had a consumption binge in america. it was funded by those asian nations. there are similar imbalances within europe. a lot of people thought that once this recession arrived and the crisis happened that finally all the imbalances would get righted and we would end up in a sustainable place in theworld economy. what seems to be happening is something different. all the old patterns are coming back in various countries are going back to the old. th