on book tv this weekend at 10:00, peter slevin looks at the life of first lady michelle obama from childhood to the white house. our live three-hour conversation with johnraws ronson who has written many books. join the conversation with jon ronson who also be taking your comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> sunday night, washington post national security reporter walter pincus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. walter: one of the things about the bush administration was they never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or iraq. and proved it. history has proven it.

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and peter slevin appeared to discuss his biography of michelle obama. "after words" airs on booktv every saturday at 10 p.m. and sundays at 9 p.m. flp you can watch all previous "after words" on our web site booktv.org. .. -- a partner in his own firm and is with us tonight

on c-span two's booktv, tonight at 10:00 on "afterwards," peter slevin looks at michelle obama. and sunday at noon on "in-depth," author jon ronson. join the conversation with jon ronson. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the new congressional direct

this is a new book out by peter slevin. after that a book featured by c-span based on the television series on the first ladies we did last year. and finally kissing cousins, a look at elenore roosevelt and relationship. >> and now on booktv's afterwards peter slevin discusses the life of first lady michelle obama from her childhood to the whitehouse. he is interviewed by cassandra clayton at the university of maryland's philip merrill college of journalism. >> host: peter slevin thank you for joining us to talk about your new book, "michelle obama: a life." >> guest: thank you. it is great to be here. >> host: this is the story of the women you call the most unlikely first lady in modern history. it isn't the story of her life but a story of modern american history. did you set out to tell the story in that context or did it develop as you found out more about her background and themes emerged? >> guest: i covered the obama's for the "washington post" for a while while i lived in chicago. i found her trojectory is fascinat

and tonight at 10:00, author peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady, michelle obama, from childhood through the white house. and our live, three-hour conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books including, "so, you have been publicly shamed." join the conversation with jon ronson, who will also be taking your phone calls e-mail, facebook comments, and tweets. >> all weekend long american history tv is featuring topeka kansas. charles curtis was the first person with significant acknowledged native american ancestry to become vice president. he served in the hoover administration from 1929-1933. our cable partners worked with c-span's city tour staff where they recently traveled to topeka to explore the city's rich history. learn more all weekend on american history tv. >> in 1854, all eyes were on kansas. congress had passed a law creating a territory, opening up areas of the united states that had been set aside as dish it was possible for slavery to be -- to grow and develop in kansas. as a consequence, that set in motion a tremendous competition between those folks wh

on c-span two's booktv, tonight at 10:00 on "afterwards," peter slevin looks at michelle obama. and sunday at noon on "in-depth," author jon ronson. join the conversation with jon ronson. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> the new congressional directory is a handy guide to the 114 congress. with color photos of every senator and house number, plus bio information and twitter handles. also, district maps. a foldout map of capitol hill and a look at congressional committees, the present cabinet. order your copy today. it is $13.95 through the c-span store. >> earlier this week, president obama hosted an event at the white house for the teacher of the year. he also honored other top educators around the country. this is just over 15 minutes. president obama: welcome to the white house, everybody. please have a seat. this is one of my favorite days because it gives us a chance to acknowledge some folks who so often are giving so much and let's face it, aren't always getting a lot in return. eve

on c-span twos book tv this weekend, tonight at 10:00 author peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady, michelle obama from childhood through the white house. sunday at noon, our live three or conversation with documentary film maker and author jon ronson who has written many books including " so you been publicly shamed." joined the conversation with jon ronson and he will take your phone calls and e-mails and facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. the fall of saigon was nearly 40 years go. on april 30, 1975. next on american history tv, the university of louisville hosts a panel of south vietnamese refugees including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force. they reflect on their vietnam war experience and escape from the country following the fall of saigon. the panel settles in kentucky and this is about one hour and a half. i would like >> to introduce the two moderators for tonight. ddtranh and dowa tranh. they are the leading effort and community leading ever behind moving voices and behind this evening tonight you it's amazing

. >> joining me now, peter slevin, the author of michelle obama a life. ciate professor at northwestern university school of journalism. peter, michelle obama goes out there every year. she gets attacked every year for something she says in commencement addresses. she knows that's coming, doesn't she? >> she certainly knows it's coming and she talks about being true to herself, true to do message she wants to deliver. she does not lack confidence in these situations, but she has a clear sense of purpose when she gives these speeches. >> let's listen to what she said about democracy. >> it is loud and messy and it's not particularly warm and fuzzy. believe me, i know this from personal experience. over the years, i've occasionally run into the noise myself. but i've come to realize that most of that clamor is really coming from just a handful of very loud folks out on the fringes. >> peter, we learned from her commencement address at tuskegee and some other public address at times is she does take some of that criticism, some of the attacks against her, esp

on c-span twos book tv this weekend, tonight at 10:00 author peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady, michelle obama from childhood through the white house. sunday at noon, our live three or conversation with documentary film maker and author jon ronson who has written many books including " so you been publicly shamed." joined the conversation with jon ronson and he will take your phone calls and e-mails and facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at www.c-span.org. the fall of saigon was nearly 40 years go. on april 30, 1975. next on american history tv, the university of louisville hosts a panel of south vietnamese refugees including veterans of the south vietnamese army and air force. they reflect o

. >> peter slevin, the book is "michelle obama: a life." thank you for being with us. >> guest: thank you. great questions and fun to talk about. >> tree into a comic a snob shot at camden, new jersey. >> guest: camden new jersey is usually the first city in america. it is a city that i think we sort of equate with the industrialization. it is high crime rate but more importantly for our work you think of it as one of the epicenters of single parenthood in the united states. >> host: you write in your book doing the best i can that three out of four babies in camden are born out of wedlock. >> guest: that is correct. >> host: what is the effect of that? >> guest: it's interesting. the spread of parented in the u.s. is the biggest of the last half of the 20th century. nobody knows what happened. nobel prize winners have failed to explain the trend. you can't explain it solely by pointing to the changing economic situation and how that has devastated cities like camden and philadelphia were generally. you have to let dion economics in order t

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and tonight at 10:00, author peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady michelle obama from childhood to the white house. and our live three-hour conversation with author john ronson. join the conversation with jon ronson who will also be taking your phone calls, email, facebook comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. pennsylvania representative bill shuster chairs the transportation and infrastructure committee. he recently spoke about issues concerning the highway trust fund reauthorization of the aviation administration and changes to amtrak. he raced questions about his relationship with an aviation lobbyist. this is 50 minutes. rep. shuster: i was talking to fawn backstage the last time i was here we slugged our shoulders -- shrugged our shoulders, three years ago. i guess we have been having fun. the usual suspects show up when i'm talking about transportation issues. i have to warn you as i told fawn what are you going to say in your opening remarks? probably a lot of what you heard me talking about for the last couple of years so here goes. again, i reall

saturday night at 10:00, peter slevin looks at the life of michelle obama, from childhood the white houseve three-hour conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books. join the conversation with jon ronson. we will be taking your phone calls, facebook comments and tweets. >> "washington journal" continues. host: for the next hour we have to two congressman -- we have two congressman to talk about their group. walter jones and jim mcgovern. mr. jones, let's start with you. what is the purpose -- what is this constitutional work study group? guest: the power to declare war including the power of judging the costs of war is fully and exclusively in the legislature. we have no debates. the only time we have a debate is when they are asking for money, millions and millions of dollars to send overseas. mr. mcgovern and i have been outspoken about our constitutional response ability. before we send young men and women to get their lives -- that's why we wanted to put this study group together because we believe members of congress should have an opportunity once a month, bringing in spe

on book tv, author peterson 11 -- peter slevin looks at the life of our first lady. then, our lives three-our conversation with jon ronson, who has written many books. join the conversation. we will also be taking your phone calls, e-mails facebook comments, and tweets. get the full schedule at c-span.org. >> written is holding -- britain is holding parliamentary elections next thursday. the leaders of the three main political parties took questions from voters. they took a variety of topics, including immigration policies and membership in the eu. david dimbleby moderated the program. it is 1.5 hours and it comes from leeds, england. >> tonight david cameron, ed miliband, and nick clegg face our audience in the town hall. this is "question time." [applause] mr. dimbleby: thank you very much. over the next 90 minutes, the three party leaders are going to take the stage here. they will take questions from our audience, which is made up of 25% who intend to vote for each of the three party leaders and the remaining 25% who are either undecided or will vote for another

on book tv this weekend at 10:00, peter slevin looks at the life of first lady michelle obama from childhood to the white house. our live three-hour conversation with johnraws ronson who has written many books. join the conversation with jon ronson who also be taking your comments and tweets. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >> sunday night, washington post national security reporter walter pincus on the situation in the middle east and his opinion on the 2003 invasion of iraq. walter: one of the things about the bush administration was they never claimed to be an expert on the middle east or iraq. and proved it. history has proven it. is it we look at things from our own point of view and get deceived by it. you can go back to vietnam which is a great example of the first time we did it openly. trying to think that other people are like us. the world is different and particularly i east, it is a totally different culture. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> ohio governor john kasich is among those considering a presidential run for 2016. he sent out friday with repor

. >> peter she slevin, thank you for joining to us talk about you new book, michelle obama a life. >> thank you. great to be here. >> host: such a simple title for the story of the woman you called the most unlikely first lady in modern american history but it's not just a story of her life. it's the story of modern american -- did you set out to tell the story in that context or did that develop as you found out more about her background and the certain themes emerged? >> guest: cassandra, i covered the obamas for the "washington post" for quite a while. i was living in chicago and working for the "washington post," and i recognized that michelle obama has led a remarkable life, her trajectory is fascinating. i felt it was worth telling a story where she is at the center of her own narrative not just the wife of. when i embarkedden on the project i wanted to figure out where she was coming from. the things she was doing in the white house. what were the origins of that. that meant getting intoer there family history and into chicago history and then into the history that she has live

and on c-span two booktv this weekend, saturday night at 10 on of a words author peter slevin look ase of our first lady michelle obama from childhood to the white house. on sunday noon on "in depth," conversation with documentary filmmaker jon ronos. n he has written many books the men who stare at goats the psychopath test, the tour plus throughed madness industry. join us with the conversation with jon ronson. get the complete schedule at c-span.org. >>> political favoritism was one of the topics deputy homeland security secretary alejandro mayor york cast testified before the homeland security committee. an inspector general's report mayorkas, serving as head of u.s. citizenship immigrations services gave special access through eb-5. it allows foreign nationals if they invest 500,000 to million dollars in a project or business that creates jobs for u.s. citizens this. is just over two hours. >> committee on homeland security will come to order. the purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony regarding the immigrant investor program known as the eb-5 program. i now recognize my

and peter slevin appeared to talk about his book about michele obama looking at the live of the first lady from childhood to the whitehouse. >>> could the development of these missiles have been prevented? there might have been opportunities. one suggested indication is a proposal by stalin in 1952 offering to allow germany to be unified with free elections on condition that it not join a hostile military alliance which was hardly an extreme condition in the light of the proceeding half century. stalin's proposal was taken seriously by the respected political commentator but it part from his it was ignored. recent scholarship just started to take a different view. the bitterly anti-communist soviet scholar from harvard takes the status of stalins proposal to be unresolved and they rejected moscow's initiative on grounds that were embarrass embarrassing leaving open the question of stalin embracing the democratic republic on the alter of real democracy with consequence consequences for world peace and american security that could have been enormous. one of the most respected cold war s

and peter slevin appeared to talk about his book about michele obama looking