here is jim handly with the final night of olympic action in primetime. >> primetime. the champions gala in figure skating. plus four-man bobsled gold medal finals. the giant slalom snowboard competition and goad medal finals in the slalom. visit nbcwashington.com for some of the greatest moments. // >>> first it was snow then a water main break. the maryland terps are in blacksburg where they were supposed to tip-off against virginia tech, but a water main break delayed the game. it will start at 7:00. hoyas had their own malfunction today. georgetown had an advantage because notre dame was without forward luke haringoti. what they did was the start of a second half. tyler came out swinging and set the tone. georgetown falters at verizon center. we begin with this guy. it's never a good place to saw austin freeman. not feeling good. he had a stomach problem today. first half, irish outhustling the hoyas. there for the follow up. second half, hoyas were hanging it in. chris wright drives, dishes to greg monroe. he misses. julian vaughn there for the tip-in. m

sitting on the stage telling people they can't sing is $45 million, the most paid to any man in primetimeforbes says. his total pay, when you throw in all his other business ventures comes to $75 million. built on the fame that came from being the difficult judge. ♪ >> do you have any idea what that sounded like? >> i mean, no offense, but nobody watches "american idol" for randy. nobody wants to see him sort of, you know, another judge who is just saying, good job and maybe work on this. >> i think there's something there. >> they want so ceci mon cut people down. >> you sing like a 3-year-old girl. >> it's not just "american idol" that's made simon cowell. it's america, period. a decade ago, he was as unknown here as anyone that's shown up for an audition. he was a london-based recording executive and doing well at it, but he was a businessman, behind the scenes. then, when another british simon, simon fuller, launched a tv show in the uk called "pop idol," he recruited cowell to be a judge, but one with a little personality. >> i do think that it is the, for you, as well, your weakest

. >> i think it is time for the sustainable food movement to get ready for primetime. food and farming are the core of every problem we face. they are because in solution to climate change, the health-care crisis, the economic crisis, public education. >> that is why today's focus is on children, but at the white house and at the shopping center where mark supplies of food for children's cooking class. the next step will be teaching adults to cook. the next step for mark will be getting more buses on the road. >> and india has just deferred commercial cultivation of what would have been its first genetically modified vegetable crop. they cited safety concerns and say more studies are needed to ensure genetically modified missiles are sick for the consumer and the environment. public opinion does seem to be largely against, even though government scientists gave their approval last year. general motors subsidiary opel has asked for loans and guarantees of around $3.7 billion to help it return to profitability by 2012. opel also confirmed it is cutting 8300 jobs in europ

and says they're not quite ready for primetime. >> an intriguing curiosity. i want the technology to improve. and more importantly, get more content to watch on the thing. there are some interesting games. but we're going to need more. >> you can read ed's complete review on usatoday.com. >>> facebook is getting a face-lift. the special networking giant began rolling out the new look to its home page yesterday. the tap future has a dropdown list with notifications and messages. it's easier to locate your favorite application and games and discover new ones. >>> there's actually hundreds of anti-ketchup groups on facebook. but they have reason to rejoice this morning. heinz has redesigned this new packet that lets you squeeze or dip. some residents in the midwest and southeast are testing the packet. it rolls out at select fast food restaurants this fall. >> anti-ketchup packets? >> i guess because they're hard to tear open. >> use your teeth. can make a real mess. >>> coming up next, people check the latest track of that major winter storm hitting the east co

. >>> nbc olympic primetime coverage starts tonight at 8:00 p.m., 7:00 central.ou about a series of reports we'll bring you next week, about how you can achieve your personal best, fitness, health, better life all around. that is next week here on our broadcast. and finally, we would be remiss during this last weekday broadcast from here if we didn't thank our hosts, canada and canadians welcomed the world and have done a remarkable job. it is a great place and perhaps the best way to say good-bye is with a wave. thanks to our host country and our neighbors to the north. that is our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being with us for all of it. i'm brian williams reporting tonight from vancouver. lester holt will be with you tomorrow night. hope to see you back in new york on monday. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

don't forget nbc olympic coverage tonight in primetime starting at 8:00, 7:00 central.verachieving, it's not too early to tell you about a special series of reports we'll bring you next week in the post olympic period about how you can achieve your personal best to achieve fitness, health and a better life all next week here on our broadcast. that is our broadcast for this thursday night. thank you, as always, for being with us. i'm brian williams reporting from vancouver. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

don't forget nbc olympic coverage tonight in primetime starting at 8:00, 7:00 central.ur broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being with us. as always, i'm brian williams reporting tonight from vancouver. we hope to see you back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

we have a big match-up tonight in primetime. the teams have been through the shares of ups and downs. kentucky, mostly ups. start in the the front court, wayne chism and the reigning freshman of the week demarcus cousins. >> charles: this is quite the match-up. i'm interested to see if wayne chism can impose his will on demarcus cousins. i don't mean in the paint. i mean can he get cousins to come out and chase him regarding each other in man-to-man? if so, that could be an advantage for tennessee. chism can shoot the three-ball. demarcus cousins, the ball on the low block, it finishes, folks. he'll end up with it in the basket. >> whit: kentucky won four in a row since they lost to south carolina and they rebounded back from the loss quite well. tennessee off the loss to vanderbilt on tennessee. on the remaining games today -- arkansas and alabama. check your local listings. xavier taking on florida. gators stepping out of conference in s.e.c. play for the first time in seven years. when we come back, more from nashville, as l.

the primetime speaker didn't disappoint. newt -- >> we know what is good for america's future. >> what a difference a year makes. >>reporter: the bell of the ball, keynote speaker, glen beck. the conservative political-action conference may have started with a small group of conservatives back in 1973, but it has grown. now attended by members of congress, major political activists and some of the biggest personalities in the grand old party. >> really behind conservative candidates. the new era of hope and change was sweeping aside our values and principles. hope and change and teleprompters. >>reporter: a final thread running through the conference, a record deficit. >> one party will tax and spend. the other party won't tax, but will spend. it's both of them. >>reporter: it's known for its presidential -- an early test of potential presidential candidates and this year's winner? congressman ron paul of texas. paul, who ran for president in 2008, topping the list of voters with 31 percent followed by former massachusetts g

while congress is in recess book tv comes to you live in primetime. starting this tuesday join us at 8:00 p.m. eastern for hour-long live call-in programs on the significant books and issues of the times.

. >>> manning may be the star of the primetime drama but check out the number on drew breeze he had more touchdown passes than manning and the highest quarterback rating in all of football at 109. could it be he might be the star of the super bowl? he is a four-time pro bowler and as big of a star in new orleans as manning is in indianapolis and while he and the saints are underdogs on sunday, brees says so what. >> it doesn't matter if we were favorites or underdogs. anytime you are the underdog you can use that as motivation. er that good football team. they have proven that. we are a good football team and i think we have proven that. i can think of no two other teams that would be better for this game. >> indiana connection, drew breeze gutted from perdue in indiana. >>> if you haven't picked up what you need for the weekend you may find many shelves bare after a huge rush on food. we will have a report coming up. >>> things are running well so far and airlines are planning changes for later in the day. it is 5:26. here's angie. >> traffic is light toward the beltway. more on the roa

. >> larry: tonight a primetime exclusive, michelle obama is here on the day america's first lady confronts a crisis that could be killing our kids. obesity. >> we got to provide parents with the information and the tools they need to make better decisions, but we also need to significantly change the quality of food that kids are getting at school. >> larry: she'll let us in on what the cameras don't see. >> i try to make our home sort of a stress-he free, work-free zone. >> reporter: the toll is presidency is taking on her husband and how she deals privately with public criticism of him. >> democracy is about critique, and the president is not immune to criticism. >> larry: and why she worries about their two daughters. and then bill cosby's got a message about life and maybe his own death. and turning our children from food addicts into fitness fanatics. next, on "larry king live ." >> larry: it is a delight to welcome back "larry king live he," a return visit. now she is the first lady of the united states, michelle obama. last time she was -- you weren't even a candidate. >> i wasn't.

ray's attorney will join us in a primetime exclusive and claims his client is not guilty in the deaths of three people in a sweat lodge. a "30 rock" star in need of a kidney transplant. he could die if he doesn't get one. next on "larry king live." good evening. james arthur ray pled not guilty to three counts of manslaughter today in arizona. he's charged in connection with three deaths that followed a spiritual warrior sweat lodge ceremony he held last october in sedona. he was afsed yesterday. it's quite a fall. the handsome self-help leader was looked up to by many and now he's wearing a prison jumpsuit. we're joined by brad brian, who's james ray's attorney. how's he doing? >> he's doing the best he can. he's been devastated since this thing happened on october 8th rk bond set at $5 million. is he going to post it? >> we have a hearing next week. one of the that's come out that people should understand, james is not a wealthy guy. he's not able to post $5 million in bond. we made a motion to reduce the bail. he's not at any risk of fleeing the jurisdiction. he looks forward to adv

they've ever been able to take part because alternatives have never been considered before, especially primetimelike that >> greta: dana, thank you as always. now to philadelphia, pennsylvania where katy abram joins us live. what did you think of today company >> there are a couple of things that surprised me. the first was when i think eric ran for -- eric cantor had a huge stack of the bills, 2400 pages. obama said it is very complex and we need to have those bills, very complex issue this is the united states constitution, this runs the whole country. so, i'm sorry we don't need a monstrosity as big as that another thing i thought was interesting, when john mccain and obama had their little exchange. mccain had said the american people don't want this. obama has truly shown that he is completely disconnected from the american people when he said, the opposition has a different view on that it makes me wonder if there's a little bit more to this than meets the eye. i know president obama is very tight with sciu and they have issues with their pensions i wonder if this is another bailout to be

and then a primetime exclusive. embattled new york governor david paterson is here, and he's not holding back defending himself against rumor, innuendo and gossip about alleged sexual affairs and unproven claims of illegal drug use. he's going to confront it all head on next on "larry king live ." >> larry: good evening. to the latest on the bill clinton health scare. here's the president's doctor right now with details of what happened earlier today. >> this is part of the natural history, just as illnesses have natural history, treatments have natural histories. this particular type of bypass draft has about a 10 to 20% failure rate at five to six years. [ inaudible question ] >> no, it makes him less susceptible to future heart attacks. this graft has gone -- the stents have opened the vessel and the primary driver for his heart surgery was not this blood vessel. the primary driver for his heart surgery was the main artery in the front of the heart and the bypass of that artery is what conveys the longevity benef

>> larry: we have got a primetime exclusive, campbell, with brad brian, the attorney for the self-help guru james ray charged with manslaughter in those sweat lodge deaths. we'll get into big developments in haiti today. the ten americans jailed, formally charged with kidnapping. and a "30 rock" star will tell us about his fight for life and need for a new kidney. then depock chopra will stock stop by, too on "larry king live." >. >>> up next, tonight's guilty pleasure. will dave be saved? i've been growing algae for 35 years. most people try to get rid of algae, and we're trying to grow it. the algae are very beautiful. they come in blue or red, golden, green. algae could be converted into biofuels... that we could someday run our cars on. in using algae to form biofuels, we're not competing with the food supply. and they absorb co2, so they help solve the greenhouse problem, as well. we're making a big commitment to finding out... just how much algae can help to meet... the fuel demands of the world. >>> "larry king live" starts in a few minutes but first earlier this week we showed

. >>> meanwhile, coming up tonight, live in primetime, the conclusion of women's figure skating.time here on nbc. >> going to be a big night. >> and tomorrow's our last day on grouse mountain, so we are hosting a big party. lots of athletes, lots of fun. come out, if you can. >> all right. first now, hoda and kathie lee. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> while in kindergarten, her teachers staged the opening ceremony. from that moment on, he dreamed of being an olympian. >> it's going to be a medal! >> we made it, you guys! >> from vancouver, british columbia, canada, i want to say thank you very much. >> i'm heading out now. i'm going to go home and get a little early. >> i would kiss you good-bye, but that would be disgusting, so. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. coastal storms could bring heavy winds and a little bit of the snow tonight. meteorologist tony pann has a track of that. >> we had a bit of a coating in some areas, but for the rest of the day, off and on a snow showers and flurries. y

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she let us the public in on a very personal pain in a primetime exclusive next on "larry king live." . >> larry: couple of a program notes. we're in new york tonight and tomorrow night in washington with first lady michelle obama and then wednesday night in washington with the vice president of the united states, joe biden. michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray, was officially charged today in connection with the death of the pop star. the one count of involuntary manslaughter alleges that murray did unlawfully and without malice kill michael joseph jackson. doctor murray entered a not guilty plea, released on bail. joining us are the singer's father joe jackson and joe's attorney brian obsessionman. what do you make of those charges, joe? >> i don't like those charges. he got off too easy in court today. you know, a lot of things that went on behind it it that's not illustrated what's been going on. >> larry: things that you know about? >> well, i know that i'm looking for justice for my son. to me, he's just a fall guy. there's other people, i think, involved with this whole thin

. >> 100,000 for her primetime banquet address on saturday night.rless movement and when folks seize the limelight they get angry. they see this as being a grassroots movement. that's where a lot of the misinformation has seeped in. there's no coordinated message. it's part of what makes it a genuine populous movement. it's what has made it hard to appreciate now. >> what happens to it now? does it become a third party? does it -- clearly the gop is hoping to embrace -- you had this quote from john boehner the other day. john boehner said house minority leader said there's no difference between what republicans believe and what tea party activists believe in. clearly a lot of players in the republican party are hoping that to embrace the tea partyers and a lot of tea partyers are hoping they will bring the gop back to conservative roots. >> you have conservative activists who want to surf this wave into power. that's one of the interesting things here. a lot of people can inflate tea partyiers and an independent the voter. tea partyiers are conserva

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thank you for being on booktv and primetime. we have two more hours of programming coming up. : i don't know how many of you have seen the new "chanel" movie about the designer, coca chanel. she wasn't just a designer, she was the desire that pointed out what was wrong with this intrigued by pointing out what was wrong with their skirts. and with another set of markers, chanel walked out the 20th century what it should be, women's suits come close you can wear and walking, ideas the change culture, politics, economics, not just the right to trade due to the utter precision of the artists nickel is the chanel of financial governance. [laughter] in herschler book after book will agree to talk about this morning she marks the spots that took us to the current financial crisis that made it inevitably that we would come this way with equal mastery pencils for the reform you didn't know was right until you saw it. so we want to welcome you all to this. nicole is the freedom trust fellow at the manhattan institute, a contributing edito

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so i had to show at msnbc in primetime, scarborough country. my wife always gave me hell for the title of that. scarborough country. you don't hear overman world or bad news land. scarborough country? how presumptuous. i said i know. so anyway, that aside we did our best to do a good show and for about four years was the great american scam because i got to do in pensacola, florida. and i told him that. i would to shove but it's got to be out of pensacola, florida. five minutes from my house. thank god we were in effective in defining them in 1995. so i would go on my boat and at about 8:30 at night i would get off my boat and have my swimsuit on and then i would dress and go inside, wave my arms around like a cure but after 30 minutes, let's go to new york for news, the news you need to know. and we would pop up there and there would be mika, and "all things at once" would give 30-second newscast. this is what she had been reduced to after 60 minutes. and mika would tell the news that 30 seconds. and at the end she would say now, back to. >> "

this is book tv in primetime. and tonight's discussion, life call-in program is about rachel carson and her book, "silent spring," published in 1962. we are joined by paul driessen we've been listening to. he's a senior committee of constructive tomorrow we with congress for racial equality. he has a degree from the university of denver, be a infield ecology from lawrence university, and this is his book, "eco-imperialism: green power, black death." and we are also joined by linda lear in charleston, south carolina who is rachel carson's biographer, and her book is called quote code rachel carson witness for nature" and she has written the introduction to the new addition of "silent spring" that came out in 2009. linda lear, what got you interested in rachel carson? >> guest: well originally it was because i was teaching environmental history of the university level and when we got to talking about "silent spring" in 1962, my students looked at me and said rachel who? and i thought mauney we have to do something a

maybe it is because at the last primetime news conference in july, mr.id that the cambridge police acted stupidly in the arrest of henry gates, but that turned into a virtual media storm. so since then, it is about staying on message. earlier this month, the president took questions from reporters in a mini presser after showing up unannounced on a snow day in the press room. he took questions for 30 minutes, but not the same thing as a full-fledged announced ahead of time press conference carried on all of the networks. one reporter tells the "times" that the president seems snake bit on the presser thing. and others say it is frustrating not to hold the president's feet to the fire. the press says they have done more interviews with the president than any of his predecessors and that is true. the president is all over the media and done interviews with the network anchors and oprah and print reporters, et cetera, but it is not the same as standing in front of the nation's press corps on national television and making yourself accountable. so here is th

we'll be joined by the biographer. >> it is booktv primetime all this week.cleve corner, producer, thank you for joining us. >> thank you, bill. >> we're going to take you next to attorney general michael mukasey and author mark stein, looking at national security policy. this is from a conference at the hudson institute in new york. it runs just under two hours. >> welcome to the third and final discussion of the day. [laughter] >> because our subject is rather solemn sounding, but alass far too often far from solemnly regarded one of american sovereignty. i'm not going to keep you long with an introduction, expect to point out as i used to point out to my friends that ref guys, we are a nation surrounded on the east and west by the atlanta and pacific, as well as to the north and south by two to put it mildly, nonmilitant powers named canada and mexico. it takes a long and difficult time for any threat to sink into the national conscienceness. consider, four times in the 20th century this country engaged in long and/or costly wars. costly in men and money,

this is book tv in primetime. and tonight's discussion, life call-in program is about rachel carson and her book, "silent spring," published in 1962. we are joined by paul driessen we've been listening to. he's a senior committee of constructive tomorrow we with congress for racial equality. he has a degree from the university of denver, be a infield ecology from lawrence university, and this is his book, "eco-imperialism: green power, black death." and we are also joined by linda lear in charleston, south carolina who is rachel carson's biographer, and her book is called quote code rachel carson witness for nature" and she has written the introduction to the new addition of "silent spring" that came out in 2009. linda lear, what got you interested in rachel carson? >> guest: well originally it was because i was teaching environmental history of the university level and when we got to talking about "silent spring" in 1962, my students looked at me and said rachel who? and i thought mauney we have to do something a

but they are not people who host national shows in primetime. so you need to have people at the place where they are the most visible to be able to do it as well. >> right. all right. go ahead. >> i just have a question here. because in haiti the correspondent have not been any haitian people, you are asking for african-american to represent haitian people, haitian people don't consider themselves to be african-american. my mom is from haiti, my family is still there doing a lot of work. i would challenge you to think how do we prepare americans to accept people from other countries who are not, you know, trained to talk to them the same way we are. often that's why we have a lot of white correspondent. that's who we're accustom to see obvious travel. it's not as much of a people for training people, it's training the people to accept something different. >> right. thank you. >> y'all could do me a favor people, for the sake of c-span, if y'all could go to the mics so that we can ensure it's recorded as well. i'd appreciate it. thank you. >> fro

larry king has a primetime exclusive tonight with james ray's attorney, brad brian, tonight at 9:00 easternght here on cnn. >>> don't ask, don't tell, but you better be prepared to wait. the pentagon says it's time to lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military. time, that is, after a year-long review. we wanted to get reaction from two career military vets. they're gay and they're hoping that that repeal will save their futures. >> well, this is definitely the farthest we've come with regard to lifting the policy, but it still hasn't been lifted. we're talking about a year-long review. victor, is that a step in the right direction? is that enough or is that just ridiculous? >> well, like you said, kyra, this is a historic day. this is the first time we've had senior military leaders, especially at this level, take these positive steps. i realize this is just an initial step and we do have a long way to go. i do agree, a review may be necessary. just because i know that there are some important issues that are going to need to be addressed. however, i think a year long is just way t

. >> while congress is in recess, booktv comes to you live in primetime. join us for hour-long live call-in programs for significant books and issues of the times. tuesday night, join the discussion on adam smith, the wealth of nations. c-span host author samuel and russell to talk about the impact of the american economist work. >> coming up next, booktv presents afterwords, an hour-long discussion between the guest host and author of the new book. this week garry wills, discusses "bomb power" which looks at how the creation of the atomic bomb increases the president and transformed the u.s. into a national security state. he discusses his book with tom blanton, director of the national university archive in washington, d.c.

. >> republicans say it's not exactly primetime to revisit such a divisive issue. >> at a time when americans asking where are the jobs, why do we want to get in this debate? >> those that support repealing don't ask don't tell say now is the time. if americans want physical responsibility in government, then -- >> repealing the ban would save money in the long run, absolutely. >> since 1994, they have discharged troops because of don't ask don't tell. the government's general accountability office says that costed taxpayers more than $190 million, and california put the price tag closer to $303 million when you take into account discharging troops after training. $363 million is a drop in the bucket. >> the discharge of 13,000 or so people is small in comparison to what the military pays every year, discharging 230,000 people every year. >> a 2008 military time survey showed 24% of military personnel would eventually leave the service if gay troops served openly, and what about the cost of sensitivity training and the possibility of creating separate barics for gay and straight troops. david

. >> reporter: with the country gripped by economic anxiety, republicans say it's not exactly primetimesuch a divisive issue. >> at a time when americans are asking where are the jobs, why do we want to get in this debate? >> reporter: but those who support repealing don't ask, don't tell say now is the time. if americans want fiscal responsibility in government, then -- >> repealing the ban would save money in the long run absolutely. >> reporter: since 1994 the pentagon has discharged around 13,000 troops because of don't ask, don't tell. the government accountability office says the policy has cost taxpayers more than $190 million. the university of california put the price tag closer to $363 million. if you factor in the cost to recruit, train and then discharge gay troops. but critics say none of this justifies repealing don't ask, don't tell. $363 million is a drop in the bucket. >> the discharge of 13,000 or so people is minuscule in comparison to the overall administrative burden the military pays every year discharging 230,000 people a year. >> reporter: others say repealing th

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with the country gripped by economic anxiety, republicans say it's not primetime to revisit such a divisiven this debate? >> but those that support repealing don't ask don't tell say it's time. the general accountability office says it costs taxpayers more than $190 million. if you factor in the cost to recruit, train, and then discharge gay troops. critics say none of this justifies repealing don't ask don't tell. $363 million is a drop in the bucket. >> well, the discharge of 13,000 people is small in comparison to what they pay over year. >> others say repealing the policy could end up costing taxpayers more. a 2008 mill tear krae time survey showed 24% of military personnel would eventually leave the service if gay troops served openly. what about the possibility of creating separate barics for gay and straight troops. >> david, who is gay, served six years in the air force before he was outed by a fellow cadet. he says the survey showed 71% said they would continue to serve if don't ask don't tell is repeal repealed. as for separate barics. >> that makes no sense. gay people are servin

but he hasn't taken those from primetime forum. why not?from members of congress. he has taken questions that different events from a whole host of reporters we've done count less. >> one or two? >> right. several. we've done count less number of interviews. i think more in the first year than any president certainly in recent memory. he enjoys the format. we haven't done one in a while. none that i'm aware of. >> in the supplemental document. analytical perspectives of the president's budget. administration projections are pretty bleak. ten percent for the rest of the year. 9 point 2% next year. 8 point 2 in 2012. um... first of all, these are pretty bleak pictures. i wonder if you have a response to the numbers and second of all does it count factoring in a job spill or not? >> let me ask specifically the second part of your question, jake, they are sad and sobering numbers felt each and every day by the american people. we'll get new jobs numbers tomorrow. there will be a job's revision i'm told tomorrow that's likely to show, an additio

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[applause] our special primetime book tv >>> did you know you can view book tv programs online?tv.org. type the name of the author, book or subject into the upper left-hand corner of the page three and select the watch link. now you can view the entire program. you might also explore the recently on booktv box were featured programs box to find in few recent and featured programs. >>> coming up next book tv present "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guests to interview authors. this week constitutional professor ken gormley discusses his book, "the death of american virtue clinton the start and the impeachment of the 42nd president. mr. gormely interviewed the players in the drama including president clinton, kenneth starr and monica lewinsky. the author and archibald cox the conscience of a nation and expert on watergate talks with former white house counsel greg craig who oversaw the team that defended president clinton against impeachment. >> host: my name is greg craig here with ken gormley talking about his new book which is quote could the death of american

poster well, good evening and welcome to the special edition of the tv on c-span 2 in primetime. we will be light for the next hour, looking at adam smith, "the wealth of nations" and we want to take your calls, e-mails and tweets. so if you'd like to call in to work to guess, will play a little bit more about them in a second. if you like to call in with her to death and talk about adam smith and the wealth of nations, here's the numbers for you to call. (202)737-0001. (202)737-0002 for those of you in the mountain and pacific time zones. and you can always send us an e-mail at the tv at c-span.org or you can send us a tweak twitter.com/booktv is our twitter address. now are two or samuel fleischer actor. he is in chicago right now and he is a professor at the university of illinois in chicago and he is also president of the international almond smith society. professor fleischacker, what is that society? >> guest: that was a society founded about that as a society founded about 15 years ago to encourage more scholarly interest in smith. one of our models was the hume society, w

[applause] our special primetime book tv continues .. >> coming up next booktv present "after words," an hour-long program we invite just goes to interview authors. this week constitutional law professor ken gormley discusses his new book, "the death of american virtue: clinton l1)vs.l0 starr." an examination of the scandals that led to the impeachment of the 42nd president. mr. gormley energy to keep others in the national drama and putting president clinton, kenneth starr and monica lewinsky. >> host: my name is greg craig. time here with ken gormley and we're talking about his new book, which is "the death of american virtue: clinton l1)vs.l0 starr." before we get into this book, let me find out a bit about yourself. where did you grow up? >> guest: i grew up in pittsburgh, and went to the university of pittsburgh is somehow went astray and went to harvard law school. after cut out of law school i went back home and i teach currently i am the interim dean at duquesne law school at pittsburgh. >> host: what kind of law do teach? >> i teach constitutional law primarily. i've been tea

[applause] >> our special primetime booktv continues on friday night with a discussion about rachel carson's1962 book, silent spring. >> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong discussion between a guest host and the author of the new book. this week nobel prize-winning economist joseph stiglitz talks about the 2008 economic collapse and its effect on the global economy. professor stiglitz argues we need to change the incentives in our system and government oversight is required for the economy to function properly. he is interviewed by lori wallach director of global trade watch. she is the co-author of "whose trade organization?" a comprehensive guide to the wto. >> host: hello. we are here today with professor joseph stiglitz and he has got a new book, lori wallach-- "freefall" that describes the way of a gun into the current crisis and critiques what has been done to critique that it lays out some of the bigger picture of remedies that we need to address in the debates we need to have in our country to move forward to a more stable economy that works for more people. s

. >>> meanwhile, coming up tonight, live in primetime, the conclusion of women's figure skating.ight. >> and tomorrow's our last day on grouse mountain, so we are hosting a big party. lots of athletes, lots of fun. come out, if you can. >> all right. first now, hoda and kathie lee. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> while in kindergarten, her teachers staged the opening ceremony. from that moment on, he dreamed of being an olympian. >> it's going to be a medal! >> we made it, you guys! >> from vancouver, british columbia, canada, i want to say thank you very much. >> i'm heading out now. i'm going to go home and get a little early. >> i would kiss you good-bye, but that would be disgusting, so. >>> 9:56 is your time now, a bright, sunny day outside, but the winds will be picking up, tom will have your forecast after the news. it's february 25, 2010. in the news this morning, it is the final day of the ntsb hearings reviewing last year's deadly metro crash. they are focused largely on failures in metro's automatic operating systems. metro says there are new cars coming to re

[applause] our special primetime book tv continues .. he talks with former white house counsel greg craig who oversaw the legal team that defended president clinton against impeachment. >> host: my name is greg craig. i am here with ken gormley and we are talking about his new book, which is "the death of american virtue," clinton versus starr. before we get into this book that may find out about yourself. where did you grow up? >> guest: lika rabin pitch. and went to the university of pittsburgh but somehow went astray and went to harvard law school, so after i got out of law school went back home and i keets currently in dems the interim dean at the school of loan as per. >> host: how long have you been teaching law and what kind of luck to you teach? >> guest: i've been teaching for 20 years. i did practice lutt too but during all that time i kept writing. i have done riding throughout my career. i find it keeps me kind it energize sell these book projects, they take a little bit of time and different from writing for newspapers and