years ago and maybe atlas shrugged or leave it all right well thank you very much that was pepperdine university professor of film studies craig that wyler the novel atlas shrugged by ayn rand was first published in one nine hundred fifty seven and it was the author's last and longest novel weighing in at one thousand three hundred sixty eight pages but when i read it every one of those pages flew by however when it first came out it was dismissed by critics just as the film has been already just on the day of its release. but just like the movie it seems to have had quite a successful run and is currently enjoying a renaissance of sorts as many young readers are picking the book up as i did and immediately having to share with someone at a spike in its popularity on january thirteenth two thousand and nine eleven surpassed obama's address city of hope for sales at amazon dot com. this story takes place in a vaguely futuristic america and having been written in one thousand eight hundred seven this was one of the challenges before the filmmakers and this most timely film that demonstrates what h

the pepperdine university professor looks at the effects of the election between jefferson and adams.te house photographers talk about what it is like to document the life of the president and the presidency. get the entire schedule online where you can also press the alert button and have our schedules emailed to you. >> this weekend, in a covert affair, she recalls their careers in the process during world war -- in the oss during world war ii. also this weekend, examining the americanization of what a, beginning with the arrival of missionaries in 1820. you can find a complete schedule on line. >> 2/3 of the american people depended on the network news as their primary source of news and information about the president of the united states. all were hostile to richard nixon. >> go inside pivotal moments in history online at the c-span a video library. watch and share every c-span program from 19 evans ridge in 1987 through today. -- from 1987 through today. >> the congressional directory is now available. it has contact information, including twitter addresses coming information on

pepperdine university professor looks at the constitutional effects of the election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams. and white house photographers on what it is like to document the life of a president. for schedules, due to c- span.org/history. >> now, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book, "known and unknown -- a more." it focuses on the years he ran the defense department, including the 911 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. panelists include peter pace and scooter libby. this discussion is almost two hours. >> secretary rumsfeld has been a friend of the hudson institute for almost four decades. he has been the recipient of our award for extraordinary contributions to american national security. it is an honor to welcome you back. this year, has been institute celebrates a half century of forward-looking policy research. the hudson institute was founded in 1961 because there is a need for a publicly engaged think tank. they envisioned a organization that would think creatively about how to achieve a better future while avoidin

next to me, robert kaufman a distinguished scholar now at the heritage foundation and pepperdine university whose many books have considered such subjects as on control and the careers of various united states political figures, generally but not always republican officeholders. he is currently working on a book about how republicans can recapture the white house in 2012 and i am told that remarkably, jack hour does not figure in his scheme at all. [laughter] right down there in the blue shirt is the editor of the washington spectator and has had a long and accomplished revere in both weekly and longform journalism. he co-authored two books with the late and beloved conference on world affairs figure, mali ivins and like professor kaufman he is frequently written about the political careers of republican political figures, although i believe the somewhat less admiration than professor kaufman generally has for his subjects. [laughter] >> correct. and richard mack in the yellow shirt there has had a long and honored career and law-enforcement, including a sheriff of graham county arizona for

pepperdine university professor at larsen looks at the constitutional effects of the election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams. and white house photographers document the life of the president and the presidency. get the complete weekend schedule at c-span.org/history, where you can also press the other button and have the schedule emailed to you. elections for the canadian parliament come up on may 2. the nightly news program, the national, looks at the conservative leader stephen harper and other party leaders. here is tonight's program, about 25 minutes. >> it is a foggy evening here down on the bay. i interviewed stephen harper, the last of our series of party leaders. we start as we always do, with the day's news. . diana slane in toronto. -- here is diana swain in toronto. >> forcing stephen harper off his message, the issue was abortion. >> stephen harper came to this arena to talk about deferred relators, but as he was trying to pump up a local issue, he was forced to shut down a potential campaign controversy. >> i am not opening this debate. i do not want it o

. >> my name is dan caldwell, i'm a professor at pepperdine university. i would like to ask what the biggest surprise is to you were as a result of your service on this century foundation commission. >> and all the way in the back. >> one question i have is -- >> your name? >> till goodfellow. what incentive does karzai inter- circle have to negotiate, to better deal, a deal that ultimately would leave, have the americans leaving. they're getting extremely rich. dexter filkins piece on the kabul bank heist. it's a staggering amount of money these guys are stealing. and just creates an enormous incentive it seems to me to keep going. and the last thing they want is the americans to wind down the war because the gravy train stops. how do we change that dynamic? >> thank you. why don't we start with mary and work towards francesc. >> on the biggest surprise was the dysfunction of the american team. every place we went we got, you know, you know, i can -- eichinger doesn't go along and dick holbrooke was to live and we wish that mcchrystal was back. in other

next to me, robert kaufman a distinguished scholar now at the heritage foundation and pepperdine university whose many books have considered such subjects as on control and the careers of various united states political figures, generally but not always republican officeholders. he is currently working on a book about how republicans can recapture the white house in 2012 and i am told that remarkably, jack hour does not figure in his scheme at all. [laughter] right down there in the blue shirt is the editor of the washington spectator and has had a long and accomplished revere in both weekly and longform journalism. he co-authored two books with the late and beloved conference on world affairs figure, mali ivins and like professor kaufman he is frequently written about the political careers of republican political figures, although i believe the somewhat less admiration than professor kaufman generally has for his subjects. [laughter] >> correct. and richard mack in the yellow shirt there has had a long and honored career and law-enforcement, including a sheriff of graham county arizona for