r. duane bets was convicted as an adult at age 16. his memoir finds him coming of age in prison. sunday at noon, gail collins on texas's role in american politics. lind sea hillsum goes inside the end of gadhafi's libya at 1:00. at 2:00, thomas mallon has a story to tell in watergate a novel. this weekend on afterwards, madeleine albright on growing up in nazi occupied czechoslovakia. book tv this weekend on c-span2. >>> this is c-span3 with politics and public affairs programming throughout the week and every weekend 48 hours of people and events telling the american story on american history tv. get our schedules and see past programs at our websites. and you can join many the conversation on social media sites. >>> we take you to boston now for the 2012 cable show. the annual gathering of the cable and television association kicked off with a keynote by michael powell. the former fcc chairman talked about the state of the cable industry and new advances. this is just over ten minutes. >> welcome to the great city of boston. and the 20 12 cable show. it's great to have governor

r. duane bet was convicted as an result at age 16. his memoir finds him coming off age in prison. gail collins on america's role on politics. and at 2, thomas mallen has a story to tell in "watergate: a novel." also this weekend on "after words," madeleine albright on growing up in check czechoslova. this weekend on booktv on c-span2. >>> what are you reading this summer? booktv wants to know. >> i'm just finishing the hillary mantel bring up the bodies. i reread the first of the trilogy that she's going to do on thomas cromwell. i know a lot about the tudors, it's an area i've always been interested in. she does a masterful job of telling a story that is oft told and yet telling it in a brand new way. and this summer i'm probably going to read, um, a new novel called "the age of wonders" that has been getting a lot of attention.

r. duane betts was convicge 16. miss memoir finds him coming of age in prison. sunday at noon, gail collins. at 2:00, thomas mallon has a story to tell in "watergate -- a novel." madeleine albright growing up in czechoslovakia. "book tv" this weekend on c-span2. >> now the house ways and means committee discusses how to evaluate tax provisions set to expire this year, also known as tax extendsers. you'll hear from the tax issues director of the accountability office, jim white. this is an hour and 20 minutes. s >> thank you for joining us today on what are commonly known as tax extenders. as most of you know in april we had the opportunity to hear from a number of our colleagues about the merits of extending or, in some cases, not extending many of these tax policies. by all accounts it was a productive exercise and i commend chairman dave camp for his leadership in providing the opportunity then and now and in the future to examine these tax provisions. list leadership in setting fort a transparent process for reviewing the tax extenders is what the american pe