nick littlefield and david next on's recounting of the life of the late senator ted kennedy was reviewed in us today by his washington bureau chief susan page. she notes, the book doesn't just show how the sausage is made as the clichi about making laws goes. it also details how the pigs were chosen, what knives the butchers wheel and which sauerkraut recipes are used to make the main dish more palatable. she continues, the authors pitched the story as a blueprint for making washington work again but it unintentionally underscores how much the political landscape has changed. and new york times science writer natalie engineer commented on jeffrey lieberman's history of psychiatry for the times sunday book review section. his engineer says lieberman recognizes that many people remain skeptical about his specialty and uncomfortable with the notion of mental illness generally. it's one thing for somebodyto suffer from a malfunctioning of the body's infrastructure, like thyroid disease or appendicitis but mental illness targets the mind , the seat of the self and its symptoms are often disgu

nick littlefield and david nextnext line's recounting of the life of the late senator ted kennedy was reviewed in "usa today". she notes the book does not just show how the sausage is made, and also details how the pics were chosen in which sauerkraut recipes are used to make the main dish more palatable. it unintentionally underscores how much the landscape has changed. >> the good news is is that with a lot of things if you have als from alzheimer's, pancreatic cancer, there is not much that can be done. the vast majority we only have enough to make a huge difference. we just don't provided in an accessible way. the only way that this kind of gets the attention of mass violence incident. untreated and kills people. >> watch for these programs and more.

words really fail to describe something like nick littlefield and edward kennedy. do you have a sense first of all of the modern relationship of what is called staff and what is called principals and kent you put nick in the historic context when he is watching? >> the wonderful thing about a career nick had in the senate, both of them could have gone into private life and made a lot more money, and they committed themselves to a position with out the same benefits the you get from being the actual politician. you are behind the scenes, but you know every day you go in and feel that in your book you love what you are doing, waking up in the morning, couldn't wait to get there with your colleagues, working in a collaborative way round things that really important and when people make that choice in their career it should be honored. you could argue in some ways when they had one person on staff they had to deal with each other more, now the status of the huge, one congressman said he walks down the hall and doesn't even know who the other staff people are. that is pa

nick littlefield recounting the life of the late senator ted kennedy was reviewed in "usa today". she continues, the authors pitch the story as a blueprint for making washington work again but it unintentionally underscores how must the political landscape has changed. new york times science writer commented on jeffrey lieberman's history of psychology of the times sunday book review section. thesection. the government recognizes that many people remain skeptical about his specialty and they comfortable with the notion of mental illness generally. generally. it is one thing for somebody to suffer from a malfunctioning of the body's infrastructure but mental illness targets the mind and its symptoms are often disguised as personal defects. addressing the disparity between physical and mental health care. >> you know, with a lot of things, pancreatic cancer, there is not that much that can be done. but for the vast majority of mental disorders we already have enough to make a huge difference. we just don't provided in an accessible way. i think this is the only way that this kind of

nick littlefield's recounting of the life of the late senator ted kennedy was reviewed in usa today by washington bureau chief susan page who notes the book doesn't just show how the sausage is made as the cliche about making laws and goes. it details how the pigs are chosen, what knives lectures wheeled and which sauerkraut recipes are used to make the main dish more palatable. she continues as a blueprint for making washington work again, but unintentionally underscore is how much the political landscape has changed. new york times science writer natalie commented on jeffrey lieberman's history of psychiatry for the times sunday book review section, saying lieberman recognizes many people remain skeptical about his specialty and uncomfortable with the notion of mental illness generally. it is one thing for somebody to suffer from a malfunctioning of the body's infrastructure like thyroid disease or appendicitis but mental illness targets the mind, the seat of the self and its symptoms are often disguised as personal defects. here is jeffrey lieberman addressing the disparity between

nick littlefield and david nex on recounting of the live of david kennedy says the book doesn't just show how the sausage is made but how the butcher is picked and how the knives are wielded. it underscores how much the political landscape has changed. and new york times writer commented on jeffrey's history of psychology saying liberman says he is sure people are not certainly about mental millness because it targets the mind, had seat of itself, and its symptoms are disguised as personal defects. here he is talking about the differences between mental and physical health care. >> the good news is if you have als, alzheimer's, or pancreas cancer, there is not much to be done. you wait for the next discovery. but for the vast majority of mental disorders we already have enough to make a huge difference. we just don't provide it. the only way this gets to aintention of the media is a mass violence incident. some individual who is mentally ill and untreated kills people. >> watch for these programs and more this weekend on booktv. >> a solicitor general of the united states supreme cou

but he had to offer words -- here to offer words for nick and for his family is nick's wife, jenny littlefield. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] thank you. i want to start by thank the staff here at the institute for making this event possible, with special thanks to kelly who's put up with us for weeks. now i'm going to read what nick wrote. thank you for coming, it means the world to me that you are here. i'm sorry i can't be here with you, but i am enjoying this at home over live video feed. as you all know, if i were there, i would be singling out each one of you and describing at great length your help in the creation of this book, your part in all the experiences and your place in the memories that went into its making. and your contribution to the creation of this beautiful institute, perhaps the most fitting tribute to the incredible man who brought us all together. senator kennedy and vicki deserve our eternal gratitude. i also cannot fail to mention the extraordinary leadership of jack connors and -- [inaudible] in bringing this institute to life. my deepest gratitude to david nex