this is a great piece of writing, and nicholas schmidle. the book is to live or parish forever, and i am just plain jealous, congratulations, nick. >> guest: thanks. >> pat robertson is the found are of the christian broadcasting network. here he provides advice on how to maintain economic stability in unstable times. the library in virginia beach host this event it's 45 minutes. [applause] ...

more with nicholas schmidle and ralph peters in just a moment. "after words" with nicholas schmidle and ralph peters continues. >> host: ayaan ralph peterson, and we are having a great time today, at least i am, talking with nicholas speed, the author of "to live or to perish forever" a superb and remarkably timely book on his two recent years and pakistan, a country very much in the headlines and is granted dominate headlines for some time to come. nick, one of the striking things about this series of tales is the time spent with taliban of fighting drugs with pakistanis but the other side of the taliban, the enforcers, people bringing sharia law to the northwest frontier and perhaps you could start us off by just telling us how you got there, introduce, something you could read from this book that will explain how you got in there. >> guest: the first thing is we were talking last time about abdul aziz ghazi. after he died he'd been my introduction to all of these and after ghazi died i wrote a piece titled farewell my jihadi friend, which was

>> host: let me tell anyone that we are talking with nicholas schmidle the offer at author of an incredibly timely and well written new book on pakistan and his of ranchers or his misadventures comment "to live or to perish forever". the remarkable thing is the heat serious human relationships you're able to build with a wide range of radicals extremists, politicians, avera ge people, there were times i was reading the book and i thought i am a former soldier i would turn back. it is real bravery i guess you have to me young enough to accomplish. but in the book you also change a back -- change talk about with any type of radical and shocked about how that happened and the realization can you tell us about that? >> this is the first meeting i was going to be someone who qualify as an extremist in the organization and he belonged to the most powerful and influential anti-shia organization which has very close ties with the taliban which had been banned by the musharraf government for sectarian killing. i was trying to understand early 2006 to what extent sectarian violence in iraq was buildi

joining him was french president nicholas sarkozy. this is just over an hour. >> president obama, your royal highness, prime minister rao, prime minister harbor, presidents are cozy, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. -- president sarkozy. it is our privilege to welcome all the illustrious visitors joining us today. we extend a special welcome to the d-day and world war ii veterans and family members in attendance to honor us all with their presence. [applause] today we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the d-day landings that took place in the early morning hours of june 6, 1944. today's ceremony will honor the soldiers, sailors, and air man who made the supreme sacrifice so that europe might be liberated. included among those so honored are the 3881 who lost their lives on the day at omaha beach, and the 9387 of our dead who are buried at this cemetery. [speaking french] [speaking french] >> ladies and gentlemen, please tell your heads in prayer for the invocation delivered by a u.s. army chaplain colone

former attorney general nicholas kassaback, and former attorney general robert abrams and the legendary dean of prosecutors in this country, new york county district attorney robert morganth thaul who was judge sonia sotomayor's boss when she worked in his office when she graduated from law school and went to work as a prosecutor. it is the only time i can remember help doing something like, he wrote an op-ed piece for the "new york times" in support of her. but the prldf was models on the naacp fund to have a more equitable society by creating opportunities for latinos in areas where they're traditionally underrepresented. their financial support comes from widely regarded foundations like ford and carnegie and corporate contributions from mainstream businesses like time-warner. these are not radical foundations or corporations. in fact, look at some of the people who have been there, other past directors: judge hose cabrinas, court of appeals for the second court; former congressman herman bedillo; former governor of new york, hugh cary. we all know about this part of her life because

. >> last week nicholas sarkozy spoke out against the burka's worn by some muslim women. the president also talked about global climate change and france's economy in this 45- minute address to the french parliament. >> mr. president of the house, mr. president of the senate's, mr. prime minister, hon. members of parliament, as i direct myself to you today i am aware that this is a first in our republican tradition since 1875 the head of state was not allowed to come speak to parliament. he could only communicate with parliament through notes that were read for him. this rule was set in a climate of distrust when our republic felt weak and threatened. this time is now long gone and our republic is deeply rooted in our country. the time has come to establish between the legislative and executive branches to establish relationships more in accordance with a secure democracy. a secure democracy is not a democracy where everyone is in agreement. it is a democracy where we are able to listen to one another and where we respect one another. if i had wished to speak to you today

and then nicholas talks about 2 years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters and for the holliday, 3 days of book tv, including historian and author john furling live sunday from george washington's mount vernon estate on in debt. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming videos and easy to search archives. booktv.org. >> what are you reading? >> what are you reading this summer? >> frost/nixon by david frost. what i am reading this summer is mainly on holidays, i go from relaxing reading in terms of this and that sort of thing. i used to be robert low blow, i like holiday reading. the most serious reading i am doing, william safire's book of the great political speeches of all time. that is what i am reading for deal. >> how do you select the books you read? >> in the seconds i have, i race to the area. hopefully come out with the one i am in to. >> thank you. >> to see more summer reading list visit our web site, booktv.org. >> book expo america, we are here with a publisher of basic books. what

nicholas scmidle sits down with ralph peters. next weekend, three days a book to be starting friday morning at 8:00 p.m. including offered johnny ferling from mount vernon. the entire schedule is online. >> a hearing on health care legislation proposals drafted by several house committees. speakers will include union and business leaders and health care industry experts. this hearing lasts about an hour 35 minutes. >> that afternoon, the committee on education in and labor will come to order for the purpose of conducting a hearing on the try committee discussion draft for health care reform in our country. before we began, i would like to welcome congressman klein to his first hearing as our new incoming ranking member. he is the senior republican on our committee. we welcome him to the committee in that position and we say congratulations to him. we look forward to working with him to continue our efforts to improve the lives of american families. welcome. >> [applause] this hearing marks the next up to guarantee all americans a

it's not an awful, it's non-fiction but it's a great piece of writing and nicholas schmidle, the book is "to live or to perish forever," and as a fellow writer im just plain jealous. congratulations. >> guest: thanks, ralph. ..  >> let me begin at the beginning. i am not bill buckley or writing for him. i europe around in new york close to rochester a midsize upstate city with my parents and my older brother bob. in the fall of 1969 that i was a freshman in the public high-school i did not know anybody who went to a private one. my brother was a junior at yale. every weekend since he had gone away to college i wrote him on a small black middle typewriter that belonged two mom, a letter rehearsing the events of the week. basketball games, school plays, a little tryouts and tidy disasters bullets of adolescence and dramatize. one week the news barged in the home theater. with the vietnam war called for a nationwide moratorium on october 15. the moratorium look to be on the big campuses with boycotting campuses and glasses were planned. some kids and my high school decided to join him.

former attorney nicholas caserbach. former attorney general robert abrams and the lemmedry dean of prosecutors in this country, -- legendary dean of prosecutors in this country, robert morganthal. he was judge sotomayor's boss after she graduated. borrow morganthal, the only time i can remember him doing something like this. hero an op-ed piece supporting her. in the new york types. -- new york times. the submission to develop a more equitable society by creating opportunities for latinos in areas where they are traditionally underrepresented. their financial support comes from widely regarded foundations like ford and carnegie and corporate contributions from mainstream businesses like time warner. these are not radical foundations or corporations. some of the people that have been there, other past directors. judge jose cabriana, united states is court of appeals for the second circuit. former congressman, now a senior fellow at the manhattan institute. former governor of new york, hugh kerry. we all know about this p

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the one in the middle is the first edition of nicholas copernicus's book on the revolutions of heavenlyeres. this is a book published in 1543 and nuremberg, the place of publication given right on the title page. the authors name, nicolai copernicito, a here. and right in the center is a little blurred written to the reader, the perspective wire of this book trying to convince the reader to buy it, explaining why this would be of interest to you if you were and an astronomer or and mathematician because it has got the new list and the disinformation. and at the end it says there for by this book, read it and enjoy. what you would enjoy way if he were to read this book which is written in latin is copernicus description of the new universe, the description of the solar system, which was the universe as it was understood in the 16th century, which places to masson at the center instead of the earth which all astronomers and mathematicians sought before copernicus so this was the beginning of the modern understanding of the sun centered universe. >> and the next selection. >> other books o

on after words nicholas schmidle talks about his two years in pakistan. he sits down with "new york post" columnist ralph peters and next weekend for the holiday three days of booktv starting friday morning at 8:00 including historian and author john ferling lied sunday from george washington mount vernon estate on in depth. the entire schedule is on line with great new features including streaming video and easy to search the archives. booktv.org. >> martin enn ilyse anderson used formerly classified documents to contend that ronald reagan believed the destruction of nuclear weapons was tantamount in achieving his goal to bring an end to the soviet union. the ronald reagan presidential library in simi valley california hosted this event. it is 25 minutes. >> hello. i was just thinking it has now been about 34 years since we first met ronald reagan, and we always liked it when we first met him and we still like him. and, as is and said we worked with him for quite a long time. in 1988 i wrote one book explaining what reagan was like and i thought i really

. >> nicholas talks about his two years in pakistan. he sits down with ralph peters. and next weekend for the holiday, three days of book tv starting friday morning at 8:00. including a historian and author. life, sunday from george washington's mount vernon estate. the entire schedule is on line, including streaming video and easy to search archives. >> and now, washington national's president stan kast en at the national press club. he talks about the team which moved to washington in 2005. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national bless club. i am a reporter with u.s.a. today and the president of the national press club. we are the world's leading professional organization for journalists and are committed to a future of journalism by providing informative programming, journalism education and fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit or website. on behalf of our 3,500 members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and our guest in the audience today. i would also like to welcome those of you who are

on "after words" nicholas schmidle talks about his%w two years in t&zpakistan.he sits downqb7;ç with ralph p. online withez great new feature including streaming video and easy to search archives. booktv.org. >> without disputing the existence of manmade climate change, university of virginia research professor patrick michaels and arizona state university climatology polling robert balling demonstrate why they believe the alarmist approach to global warming is unnecessary. the cato institute in washington, d.c. hosted this event. it's a little over an hour.ovx >> in the issue of global warming it seemsk6ñ either you on the talk show line in the afternoon and you say there is no such thing as climate change or you say it's the end of the world. and thisv÷ applies to both side of the issue. i'd like to talk about howo#w w- the facts appear to not appear. things go unchallenged in the climate of extremes. people accept the strangest things without really fact-checking. and i'd like to begin on may rj one exchange that lasted only a mere few minutes. if we could.

. >> host: let me remind or tell anyone who attended an late that we are talking with nicholas schmidle, the author of just an incredibly timely and well written new book on pakistan, his ad ventures of pakistan and misadventures, "to live or to perish forever." now, nick, as i mentioned earlier is that the web of relationships, serious human relationships you were able to build with a wide range of pakistani radicals extremists, politicians, average people. and there are times just when i was reading the book and fall on a former soldier and i just wouldn't have gone there. i would have turned back. it is real bravery i guess you have to be young enough to accomplish. but in the book, you also talked about your first meeting with any kind of radical and just sort of cold shock about how that happened and the realization that you are in now. can you tell a little about that? >> guest: short, this was the first meeting like you said i was going to meet someone who qualified as an extremist and as a member of a band organization and he belonged most awful influential antishia organize nat