the safest online program is a program designed for kids anywhere from ages 7 to 14. the importance of some dangers and threats these kids are facing today. >> take a look what you say parents should do. we have a list of those things. one of the things you say monitor online activity. how far should you go to do that? >> center there are a lot of programs out there controls that parents can install on computers, but really it starts with the conversation. having that conver that the parent is aware of what the child is doing. certainly setting limits in terms of when that child can use the device. a lot of times you find these kids are using the devices late into the night and in their rooms. as long as the activity is monitored and supervised that's where we like to start the conversation. t do you mean when you say any internet >> anything from smartphones, tax, playstations xboxes and computers, everything we do now has an internet address. there are a lot of risks involved. >> eas the game little game boxes? >> absolutely. a lot of times the predatorless -- preda

everybody else was wrong but that is not the way he got about it. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> michael shermer is a founding journalist for skeptic magazine. he discusses how science has influence the way we think about human rights democracy freedom, education and prosperity. this program is next on booktv. >> welcome to takeda institute. i and the executive vice president of the institute and is my honor to be able to introduce and moderate this program. we hear a lot of these days, the past few decades about moral decline and america, moral decline and the world. covers a lot of areas. not clear that those are always the most relevant areas to what we might consider public morality. bill bennett made a career out of talking about moral decline. lots of radio talk shows have that as the common theme. most days there is an opera in the washington times decrying moral decline in america and indeed i saw a poll recently that said three quarters of americans think we are in a

watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> how did an army officer so associate with george washington's legacy go to war against what we today consider george washington's greatest legacy, the union? it was this question that ultimately drew me to robert e. lee's story. it's that tragic tension at the knowledge, that history could have turned out so much differently. because on the eve of the civil war, leaders on both sides of the potomac, in richmond and in washington sought his services for high command to both about his connection to george washington. that was common knowledge. and both saw tremendous significance in them. they also knew that winfield scott to at the time was the ranking general in the u.s. army thought lee was the very best soldier hit ever seen in the field. and robert e. lee certainly looked like a fine soldier. he stood just under six feet tall, powerful, broad shoulders a barrel chest. he had perfect posture. everybody who saw him said some version of the same thing, batman looks every inch the soldier. and so in april 1861 an emissary for abraham

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state department program designed to counter i.s.i.l. propaganda onlinewelcome back to al jazeera america, i'm stephanie sy. >> antonia and coming up, in the half hour of international news state department team tasked with fighting i.s.i.l. through social media, a tool that i.s.i.l. used effectively to recruit supporters. >> beat them at their own game and reducing waste by giving businesses, places markets and people to bring a left over food and one website says it's a step to solving the world's hunger program. >> we have developments in the fight against i.s.i.l. iraqi preparing for offensive to retake the city of mosul which i.s.i.l. captured last june and as david reports from the pentagon the u.s. is saying more about when the operation will take place. >> in a briefing for reporters at the pentagon a senior official at central command laid out the plan to retake the northern city of mosul in what most agree was surprising detail. the official spoken condition saying the target time for mosul attack was april or may before the summer heat and rama

you are presenting me with this mystery to try to solve >> you can watch this and other programs online. >> is a look at some books being published this week. barcomb and explores the increasing ways technology is making people's personal information vulnerable. bruce hoffman recounts the three decade-long effort that led to the founding of israel in an anonymous soldiers. the economic impact of global warming. in discontent and civilizations a collection of essays on topics ranging from international politics to the author's time spent living in pakistan, new york, london. index may be skill is argues the obama administration betrayed the trust of american forces. look for these titles in bookstores is coming week and watch for the authors in the near future on booktv.org. >> booktv.org continues with author from marshall to ms. miss sally about the judicial system to the lens of spring court chief justice. this is about an hour. >> i would like to start by thanking paul and in particular the virginia historical society for allowing us to be here today i i saw on the website that its m

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> from time to time "the washington post" will fish e-books on -- publish e-books on topics that their reporters cover. here's a collection of some of those books: in the case against cosby, the post interviewed five of the women that have accused cosby of assaulting them. next a profuel of the 36th president -- profile of the 36th president, lyndon johnson in "the great society." also on the list is a collection of ely saz low's pulitzer prize-winning articles on the impact of food stamps on a small town's economy. in `nsa secrets," the most puts into book form its reporting on edward snowden. also on the e-book list is a series of stories on america's relationship with personal firearms and the history of gun control in "guns in america." and wrapping up the list investigative reporter robert o'hara jr. expounds on the potential for cyber warfare and computer hacking to see what other e-books "the washington post" has published visit washingtonpost.com/e-books. >> you're watching book tv on c-span2 with top nonfiction

. >> we can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. each year the chief of staff of the air force assembles a list of books he recommends for service men and women. here is the 2015 list. to begin norwegian air force colonel john olson ignores the -- tell the lives of 12 men who shaped the history of their contract in air commanders. next on the list is no place to hide, the story of retired air force neurosurgeon w. lee warren this the 120 days working in a tent hospital in iraq. insiderssecurity and cyberwar p.w. singer and alan friedman trace the development and future implications of cyberwar verbage the executive director of the institute for the analysis of global security examines how culture can impact relations between western military sand non-western allies in the year bacon and bullets. in the 2015 air force reading list is team of rivals by doris kerns goodwin which explores president lincoln's relationships with members of his cabinet. in the boys in the boat, daniel brown tells the story of the university of washington r

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keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch my of our past programs online -- any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >>> a look now at the current best selling nonfiction books according to "the new york times." topping the list, "being mortal." number four is former arkansas governor mike huckabee's take on politics and culture. next in "killing patton," bill o'reilly and martin dugard recount the life of george patton in "killing patton." further down the list is the investigation of a racially-charged murder in "ghettocide." "deep, down dark" t is next. up next is steven brill's diagnosis of what's wrong with the health care system in "america's bitter pill," followed by former president george w. bush's profile of his father in "41." "the new york times" nonfiction best sellers' list continues with "guantanamo diary." and in at i am malala the author recounts growing up in taliban-controlled northern pakistan. and wrapping out the list a history of the underground railroad in "gateway to freedom." and that's a look at this week's list of nonfiction bestsellers according to

feel failed by her and i don't think she could live with that. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> karina korostelina looks at cases where minor insults between ethnic groups and nations had escalated to violence and political conflict. this hour and 20 minute program is next on booktv. >> i think we can get started. good afternoon. i am william pomerantz, director of the cannon institute. i would like to welcome you to the second to last event before the holidays. a quick reminder this coming

you can only grow their business with an online program and an outlet program.ernational business for american department stores is a tiny fraction. where is the growth? note new malls are being built and the number of new stores is very small. as are the channels that are going to get more growth than 1% or 2%. stephanie: a fantastic conversation. thank you so much. michael gould, former ceo and chairman of bloomingdale's. erik: google wants to wire the world. using one of the world's oldest technologies to do that. find out how. ♪ stephanie: welcome back to "market makers." you could call it a race to connect the world. spacex, facebook and google working to bring internet service to the corners of the earth. google is turning to old technology. "bloomberg west" anchor emily chang got a look. emily: the science of ballooning is one of the world's oldest technologies, sending humans aloft for centuries. imagine a fleet of unmanned balloons equipped with antennas so they can talk to each other and to earth. all to deliver affordable internet access to the world.

keep watching for more on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> while in corpus christi we spoke with robert worcester author of american military frontiers should force the varied roles the military has played in america's western expansion. >> when people think of the military in the american west they think of fighting indians. there's good reason because there are over 1100 combat actions between the army and american indies and dashing indians. but there are other things that many people don't really understand. michael kate once called is a multipurpose army. in the 19th century the federal government is very limited. they don't have many deployable resources. and so the army does a whole variety of things. they are discoverers, explorers. army contracts are an important part of the western economy. the army plays a role in conservation. in the recent ken burns says on the develop of american national parks, the parks were established in the 19th century but there was no one to protect them or preserve them or keep trespassers away or keep hunters of

where our faculty members are excited about offering wonderful stem programs onlinee progress reporting on when to notify a regional -- our regional agency crediting program. it takes little to nothing at all to put these programs in place and get them up and running. we believe that tuskegee university not only has the brand, but the quality of the program to be online. we are looking forward to both of these programs in the fall. we trust that the board of trustees will support that. even as we go fort into the future to not only have the startup of a programs, but to go beyond that as financially. there are a number of programs here at tuskegee university that we believe that giving into that area is also an additional way and increasing, not only are traditional revenues, but increasing the experience and exposure to tuskegee university that this gentleman pointed out. host: juan is from alabama. go ahead. caller: my father graduated from tuskegee and 32 -- in 1932. i graduated from tuskegee in the 60's. my brother also graduated from tuskegee and the 60's. in re

students are also enrolled in an online program and also a key stone preparation course. is still looking for a certified biology teacher, however. >> good morning, everybody. i'm mike jerrick. >> and i'm alex holly. and this is the trend. mike, you know that phrase, the cat got your tongue? you might want to make it literal when you see this video. when this girl starts singing next to her cat. >> you can't blame the cat. >> can we watch it again? >> hey, dennis our web producer. >> i have this crazy video for you guys. have you ever heard of the do perfect? >> the guys who do the perfect basketball shots or whatever. >> the one handed catch? >> they made this crazy video. i must say, if i could do this tricky would change my career. >> this is the world's longest catch. >> are you ready? >> i think so. >> one hand. >> that jimmy fallon. >> i see carrie underwood, blake shelton, usher, megan trainer, that dude is from one direction. that's a lot of people for one video. >> it has picked up 4 million views in just a few days. nice. >> you know, we should try something lik

students at 13 schools will have access to new online textbook programs. this resource being funded by a philanthropic group. they're offered in subjects both online and low-cost print versions. students typically spend more than $1,000 on textbooks alone. >> i could have been so much taller if i hadn't had to carry all those books around. >> and rimpfer, too. >> exactly. not often that a person gets to see first-hand the positive influence they had on others over the years. but when they do it can be a very special moment. one was watching over and over again as is the case with this dance teacher. garvin thomas is here with bay area proud. >> who knows how many thousands of dance students rob perry has had over the years? though many of them will tell you he taught them just as much about life as dance. which is why during his darkest time they are pulling out all the stops to help. >> one, two, three, four five six. >> just like a dance, it's created step by step. a life is made by adding one day on top of the next. the difference of course, being dancer

. >> you can watch this and other programs online. >> your watching teesixteen. benjamin schwarz m.d. a country director and terrorism adviser advisor at the department of defense, next with his knew book in which he discusses what would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded in washington dc. >> thank you so much for coming out this evening. before we get started a few housekeeping points. if you could take the time to silence her cell phone, you don't have to turn it off but as you silence it you can follow kramer books on facebook and twitter and histogram and if you haven't already take the time to sign up for our e-mail newsletter and you can see what else we have going on. if you haven't purchase a book because i hope you will support our wonderful author tonight. you can grab one of our event calendars for the end of january and for february and see what else is coming. thank you for coming. i am the event director here. on behalf of the entire staff we are pleased to welcome you and i am pleased to welcome benjamin schwarz tonight. we are just chatting about h

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> you're watching booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of books and authors every weekend. we're on location at johns hopkins university in baltimore talking with professors who are also authors. joining us now is andrew cherlin, what do you do here? >> guest: i'm a professor of sociology. >> host: so we want to talk to you about your book "labor's lost love: the rise and fall of the working class family in america." how do you define a working class family? >> guest: it's pretty hard. used to be easy. it was that family where the guy was working in factory or maybe a construction job the wife's staying home, maybe working part time with a couple of kids. that was what the working class was like in the 1950s and '60s at its peak. what i've found is you almost can't define it these days because it's really kind of fallen apart. that's the issue here. what we've seen over the last few decades is the decline, the deterioration of a distinctive kind of american family the family that we used to call blue collar with the guy working

homeschooling or parochial school or christian schools or charter schools or public schools or online programswe trust the parents. we got that done in louisiana. the teachers union said this, parents don't have a clue when it comes to making choices for their kids. let me repeat that. parents don't have a clue when it comes to making choices for their kids. when they are honest, that is what the debate is about. they don't trust us to be smart enough to be educate our own children. they think that if you -- if these he does not force us to adopt their standards, curriculums, test, we not smart enough to educate our children. founding fathers got it right. they knew the purpose of the limited federal government is to secure but not create our god-given rights. [applause] now the second practical reason we opposed common core, and i would invite any parent undecided about this, look at the standards, the content themselves. i have done that. my little boy is a third grader. he was a second grader last year. if you are undecided, look at the math. this is the new, new math. my boy is a great stu

students at 13 different schools are going to have access very soon to a new online textbook program.he resource is funded by a philanthropic book. those textbooks will be offered in core subjects online and via low-cost print versions. music to the ears of all those families that shell out big bucks to go to school. typically the students would spend more than a thousand dollars a year on textbooks alone. >>> homeland security is streamlining its cyber security efforts. the government is launching a new cyber security center that will collect information on all cyber threats. leaders say the goal of the new center is to sync up efforts in fighting online terror, and quickly share information with other departments and companies in the private sector. it's part of the ongoing white house effort to beef up cyber security. >> much-needed. 5:12 right now. apple shares are going to open this morning at 122 boxes a share. that marks an all-time high. >> apple was already the most valuable company in the world. now, scott mcgrew, new records. >> apple the first company in history to be wort

speaking of security, still to come on tonight's program can online photos pass on information you havestored online? one of the fathers of the internet issues a warning. suicide bombers have attacked a shiite mosque in northwest pakistan, killing at least 19 people. >> death struck during friday prayers in this she a mosque -- shia mosque. four suicide bombers stormed in. there was panic and chaos at the bombs went off in reports of worshipers quick on their feets, taking down one of the attackers before he detonated his explosives. these are the men who carried out the attack. in a video released soon after they claim a avenging one of their own on death row for carrying out another attack and executed in december. the militants said they were fighting back against years of adjustments -- of injustice. for months in the northwest of the country, the pakistani army has been conducting military operations against the ttp causing extensive the but claiming progress. the military has are decried revenge once, with a devastating attack september at a school which killed more than 100 child

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> karina korostelina looks at cases where minor insults between ethnic groups and nations had escalated to violence and political conflict. this hour and 20 minute program is next on booktv. >> i think we can get started. good afternoon. i am william pomerantz, director of the cannon institute. i would like to welcome you to the second to last event before the holidays. a quick reminder this coming friday at 9:00 we will have the deputy chairman of the parliament of georgia here and she will be talking about george's foreign policy priorities and that will be the last event before saw holiday break. it is our great pleasure today to have dr. karina korostelina here. the great pleasure to have karina korostelina here. associate professor at the school for public analysis and resolution at george mason university. she is a leading expert on identity based conflicts, conflict resolution and peace building, she has received numerous fellowships'. the editor of 13 books including most recently the author of history education

and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> here's a look at the upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. march 14th and 15th the university of arizona with live coverage the seventh annual tucson festival of books the following week the virginia festival of the book will be held in charlottesville, virginia. then from march 25th through the 29th the city of new orleans will hope a tennessee williams literary festival. the "los angeles times" festival of book will take place on the 18th and 19th of april and also air live on booktv. let us know about book fairs and festivals in your area and we'll be happy to add them to our list e-mail us. >> hough is this country going to be able to understand another culture or another country that think thursday in hundred year terms? we are lucky in this country if people can have a eight-year plan when a president gets elected for the first time and assumes he will get re-elected. how does america deal with this? >> well, what i've really tried to do is put the issue of china and the narrative of our relat

and whether home schooling or parochial scoops or online programs or charter schools.t that done in louisiana. the teachers said this. poor parents don't have a clue when it comes to making choices for their kids. let me repeat that. parents don't have a clue when it comes to making choices for their kids. when they are really honest that is what this common core debate is really about. they don't trust us to be smart enough to educate our own children. they think if the elites in d.c. don't force us. if they don't force us to adopt their standards their curriculum, their test, we're not smart enough to educate our children. well the founding fathers got it right. they knew the purpose of the federal government of a limited federal government was to secure but not create our god-given rights. [ applause ] now the second practical reason we oppose common core -- and i would invite any parent that is undecided about this. look at the standards, look at the content themselves. i've done that. my little boy is now a third grader. he was a second grader last year. if you ar

watch any of our past programs online. but now that the current best-selling nonfiction books. topping the list end-of-life care in being mortal. >> welcome. i would like to welcome you all hear for what is a momentous and landmark event for the evening. honoring the large new book. a couple of ignores mountains of brief introductions and him and start the program. i'm begin 1st of all by studying -- my thanks. this event was doctor davis. i also think michelle summers from the publisher's of the book as well as leslie irving for there help and cooperation. i would i would also like to very much welcome and recognize aliment franciscan members of the board of trustees. this work is meant such a great deal to us. some of his writing particularly years ago when i was researching and comparing. it just gives you a sense of his work which includes slavery. include slavery. landmark in its own right of those areas as well. greatly indebted to his courage in confronting anti-semitism a time of great controversy intention and if he stood up and forthrightly condemned what need to be c

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> michael sherman is discussing how science influences the way he think about human rights democracy, freedom, education and prosperity. this program is next on booktv. >> welcome to the the cato institute. it is my honor to introduce and moderate this program. we hear a lot these days for the past few decades, about moral decline in america or the world, and covers a lot of different eras. not clear that those are always the most relevant areas to what we might consider public mortally. bill bennett made a career out of talking about moral decline. lots of radio talk shows have it as a common theme. most days there is an opt-ed in the washington times decrying moral decline in america. and indeed i saw as a poll that said three quarters of americans think we are in a period of moral decline. so it seems pretty con advance advance -- convincing but there is an arm fe argument we are in an area of moral progress. and i think more people are speaking up on the side of moral progress and economic tangible progress in the w

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> now from the museum of jewish heritage in new york city, elana maryles sztokman reports run israel the workplace and public spaces. this is

see me and our team and coming up with the ideas, how do we do cbs all access, which is our online programmingrvice. >> should you be doing these things? >> absolutely we should be. we view them from a very stable business point of view, but we're also forward thinking. that's why ken's book was wrong. we are not stagnant. we're take kwhag we're doing and moving it forward and getting paid for it. that's why we're having great results. >> for some reason we feel like we're on the cusp of a big consolidation because you are desperate still in desperate networks. but you don't see a new age of all these different players switching partners? >> number one i wouldn't characterize this as desperate. >> that was the name of the book. >> i know that. >> like the "desperate housewives." >> it was bill carter's book. >> i'm sorry. yeah. ken was three blind mice. >> ken was much earlier. you know look the distributors are consolidating. everybody's looking at are the content companies consolidating. i don't see a whole lot of movement going on in that area. could it happen one day? i'm sure it could. bu

keep watching for more on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> how did army officer so associated with george washington's legacy go to war against what we today consider george washington's greatest legacy the union? it was this question that drew me to robert e. lee's story. and the knowledge that history could have turned out so much differently because on the eve of the civil war leaders on both sides, in richmond and in washington fought services for command, the new about his connections to george washington and common knowledge. both saw tremendous significance in them. they also knew that winfield scott who was the ranking general in the u.s. army fought lee was the best soldier he had ever seen in the field and robbery et looked like a fine soldier. he stood just under 6 feet tall had powerful broad shoulders, had barrel chest, had perfect posture, everyone who's saw him saw some version of the same thing that man looks every inch the soldier. in 1861 and emissary for abraham lincoln asked robert e.

which among these are the critical path milestones we have the establishment of the final program rates showing onlinend that's occurring in the late september to october to october time frame and that leads and is linked to the establishment of our procurement planning process where we're developing a proposal for reforming our contracting process that was eluded to in the dialogue between the general manager and supervisor avalos and we see that process culminating here at the commission and adoption hopefully at the at the board of supervisors and the mayor with approval occurring in late june. and that allows us then to go out to the marketplace, develop our requests for proposal and offer and go go to the marketplace to build that portfolio supply to serve our customers and ultimately executed in late september, early october. that let's us, then, come back up to the rate question where we'll be able to use that procurement process and the costs that come out of it to set the actual rate for our customers and with that actual rate, then we'll be able to develop our statutory ly required rate comp

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. up next senior fellows at the brookings institution examine vladimir putin's foreign and domestic motives in the historical concept of russian leadership. the authors spokane kramer books and afterwards cafe in washington d.c.. [inaudible conversations] ..

keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. spin i'll give an example in the book about this guy who is heading greek and -- greenpeace and your. so he's all about wanting to reduce co2 emissions but it turns out that in all of the greenpeace shows that he is flying from his home over the think it's luxembourg, a couple of times a month and the output of co2 that he's extended because of his jet travel is like 100 times that of the average person. and so when confronted about it, it was his answer. he said well the train trip would take 12 hours and that would be time away from my

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. .. >> george friedman talks about the future of europe and the potential for conflict in the coming years. it is next on booktv. [inaudible conversations] >> anything. on behalf of the owners and staff of all it takes them press, while clement thank you for coming out on this wintry night. before we get started i would like to take a moment to remind everybody to turn off for silent cell phones. as well i would like to remind everybody we are recording the event. when it's time to ask questions, please do use the ideas microphone which is right there so that your question will be recorded as well. as well if you could at the end of the event -- can you hear me? is it on now? is this okay? and if you can also fold up your chairs at the end of the evening and put them against a nearby shelf, that would be very helpful. [inaudible] okay. is this better? also one your way out, be sure to grab a schedule that has our events politics & prose is hosting a lot of wonderful event in partnership with us poison pellets. be sure to c

online. you can also opt-out of the program at anytime. now to tonight's my kron-four story. a local non-profit teamed up with a top-rated chef to give students at a local school fresh, organic lunches.that are made from scratch. teens turning green raised money to cover the extra costs of the program and the executive chef of sausalito's cavallo point lodge uses his connections with local farmers to keep it affordable. the executive director of teens turning green says they are seeing positve results from the kids eating right. a local non-profit. and a top- rated chef. have teamed up to make sure students at one local school are getting fresh organic lunches made from scratch. remember me? yeah she remembers me" it was happy reunion between griselda bautista and this pitbull here at the oakland animal services center. the two met the day before under very dangerous circumstances as she was entering the 66th avenue on-ramp to interstate 880 "she was walking into death and maybe would have taken a couple of humans with her because you never know how people react to something

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. up next on booktv richard bernstein, "time" magazine's first beijing bureau chief reports the relationship between the united states and china shifted from several the hostel in 1945 when the chinese decided to align themselves with the soviet union. this is about one hour. >> thank you. i'm double the glad to be here. next time if i ever have the honor of being invited back to politics and prose i will know it is not near the woodley park metro stop. [laughter] somebody misinforming but as an old journalist i'm supposed to have two sources and i relied on only one. for a while i didn't think i was going to make it. thank you all for coming. and again thank you to politics and prose for having me. one of kind of a standard tropes of publishing the book is that you have to answer the question why did you write about this topic in the first place. and you are supposed to a thoughtful answer about how you've had a lifelong interest in this topic and you've always dreamed about exploring

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keep watching for more here on c-span2 and watch any of our past programs online at booktv.org. >> booktven recounts a british battalion's efforts to prevent the taliban from seizing a province of afghan while awaiting the arrival of u.s. marines in 2009. mr. harnden discusses his book with the national security reporter for the "washington post." it's about an hour. >> toby, thank you for joining me today on "after words." i run the military blog check point with the "washington post." i have tony harnden the bureau chief from foe sunday times of london. we're talk today about his book "dead men risen" just released in the ute. bat unit traveling through afghanistan in 2009, welsh unit. toney, can you explain the title of the book? >> dead men risen is a phrase in a poem. it's not a very famous poem. but a company commander who was killed in action in june 2009 his mother sent him out a collection of first world war poems and he seized on the phrase dead men risen because his company was an amalgam of bits of other countries, all these men thrown together who haven't trained together, an

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keep watching more here and watch past programs online at our website. >> looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of the greek idea of honor and doing the right thing even when one's own interest or one's own life is imperil. growing up while i never felt anything but australian there were two stories about the second world war and greece i kept close to my heart. the first was in 1940 when italy's prime minister asked the greek prime minister for free passage through greece. and on the spot at 3 o'clock in the morning, without hesitation he said no. it was a spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians.

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. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> now from the museum of jewish heritage in new york city, elana maryles sztokman reports run israel the workplace and public spaces. this is about an hour can ten . [inaudible conversations] >> good evening. i am gabriel sanders, director of public programs at the museum and i welcome you to this evening's discussion on on women in israel: a story of religious radicalism and the women fighting for freedom" with nancy kaufman and elana maryles sztokman. i would like to ask you to silence your cellphones. c-span is here to film tonight ended your phone should rink it will be recorded for all of america to see. is my pleasure to say that the museum's public programs are made possible through a generous gift for mrs. lillie saffron. programs come about for all sorts of reasons. some commemorate anniversaries. others holidays. the impetus behind tonight's program was something more pedestrian and more profound an airplane seat. elana maryles sztokman was on a plane when an orphaned -- orthodox passenger delayed takeoff because h

. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> richard rhodes historian journalists, novelist pulitzer prize winner what sony is there is also a a novel about the daughter party, biographies of hedy lamar fabulous. the scope of what he does is so fun's. i'm sure you have your own personal favorites. you favorites. you have seen him on the front line on the american experience. he has worked for years. been a resident at harvard. he and his wife, a clinical psychologist doctor lives near the bay in california. two children and grandchildren. so it is a treat tonight because he brings us good company the spanish civil war. it's. [applause] >> thank you very much. while the casualties. i'm going to have to be a serious offer and describe the images. there basically pictures from the time of the war. i came across this book. person must be 500500 books on the spanish civil war. it was held trying to get rid give them. i was finished. still as there always are aspects of the war that really never get covered. probably the definitive history of the war for literally just o

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