. >>> booktv continues with president obama -- paul gregory. he profiles five women who lived in the soviet gulag in the '40s and '50s. it's a little over an hour. >>> good afternoon. i'm not paul gregory. i'm not -- i'm a hoover associate fellow. welcome to the concluding session of this year's hoover institution workshop. every year the workshop gathers some of the most promising and historians from around the world. and the workshop is lead by paul gregg i are's who is the afternoon's speaker for some of you paul will need no introduction. for others he's a leading economist and historian of russian under communist ruling. among economists he's a -- all economists work with threat paul is one of the few who understands the power of the story. his book is a collection of stories in the hoover archives that range from the grid to the comic and curious. his book "politics -- is the poignant story. coerce and repression in the soviet union. there are millions of pages of documents. stalin's agents and account. among other holdings that tell the

. >> booktv continues with paul gregory. mr. gregory profiles five women who lived in the soviet gulag during the 1930s and '40s. it's a little over an hour. >> good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. i'm not paul gregory. i'm mark harrison, i'm a hoover fellow, hoover research fellow. welcome to the concluding session of this year's hoover institution workshop on totalitarian regimes. every year the workshop gathers some of the most promising and best historians from around the world for two weeks to work in the rich holdings of the archives, and the workshop is led by mr. gregory who's this afternoon's speaker. for some of you, paul will need no introduction. for others, he's a leading economist and historian of russia under communist rule. among economists, he's a rarity. all economists work with theoretical models and statistical data. paul is one of the few who understands the power of the story. and among paul's most celebrated publications are books that tell stories. his book, "lenin's brain," is a collection of stories fr

you do have senators like rand paul who david gregory will be interviewing on "meet the press" tomorrowxclusively, and he and others from the tea party wing of the republican party are going to be opposed to this, and there are others, john mccain was on jay leno last night, and he was saying what the president was likely to be offering was a cosmetic strike, and he was very strongly critical last night on "the tonight show" of what the president was likely going to be doing. so you have got a deeply divided republican party and a deeply divided democratic party, and i suspect the senate will be an easier vote than the house. >> it was interesting to hear tkaeufr identify talk about what he was hearing in terms of the debate within the president's national security circle. and a majority of those in the room are saying mr. president, this is a bad idea, this is not something you want to send down the street to congress to tackle, and the president ultimately deciding, no, we want to have the debate. the debate, again, this is just not going to be a debate about syria, and this is going

. >>> as you make your labor day weekend plans, republican senator rand paul of kentucky will be david gregory'slusive guest on "meet the press" on sunday. expect more about syria from both sides of the aisle. >>> there's much more of today's "daily rundown" coming up with a look at the man who is has been called the secretary of explaining stuff. bill clinton. and we're watching all the developments out of syria as u.s. military forces stand at the ready and the debate rages on here in washington on whether to take action. a live report from the region is ahead. you're watching "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. hi, i'm karissa. hi, i'm sherri. and i'm going to show sherri how collecting box tops for education earns cash for our school by shopping at walmart. come on. sherri, look at all these products that you can buy for your family with box tops. and look, four box tops in one box. that's awesome! more cash for our school. only at walmart you get 4 box tops on over 100 items. karissa i got it and you only had to tell me four times. find 4 box tops on your family favorites like general mills

also, senator rand paul from kentucky on his views of what the president is now seeking from congress. >> a big day. a big "meet the press." john kerry -- you're david gregory and chuck todd. thank you both very much. >>> with me on the phone now, senator tim kane. >> i think it was a very positive move by the president. i have been urging it publicly and privately that the white house team had with senator on the aermd services committee. i think it is a strengthening move. we'll have to see how the debate goes. here is my concern. the decision about initiating military action is the most solemn decision that congress or the president makes. we cannot afford to send american men and women into military action unless they are confident that the political leadership of the country is behind them. so if we had sent into this very challenging situation, all agree that the stakes are high. if we had sent our young men and women into even a limited action that could have had follow-on consequences at a presidential directive without being clear whether they had congressional support. or with congress trying to do what they often do. evading accountability. casti

paul from kentucky on his views of what the president's now seeking from congress. >> big day. >> yeah. >> big "meet the press." john kerry -- john kerry on "meet the press." you're david gregory. and chuck todd. long day for you at the white house. thank you both very much. >>> with me on the phone now is democrat senator tim cain. your reaction to the president's statement. >> i think it was a very positive move by the president. i have been urging it publicly and privately, including in the conversation that the white house team had with senators on the armed services and foreign relations committees yesterday. i don't think it's a weakening move. i think it's a strengthening move. obviously, we'll have to see how the debate goes. but here is my concern. the decision about initiating military action is the most solemn decision that congress or the president makes. we cannot afford to send american men and women into military action unless they are confident that the political leadership of the country is behind them. and so if we had sent into this very challenging situation -- all agree that the stakes are high. if we had sent or young men and women into even a limited act