nancy ragan biographer and pete wilson. then august marks the 40th anniversary of president ragan's 1981 tax cuts passing into law. others look back at the legacy of president ragan's economic agenda. >>> book tv features leading authors discussing their latest nonfiction books. sunday at 10 a.m. eastern on afterwards, michelle easton and her book how to raise a conservative daughter. she's interviewed by carrie lukas. and then from the printer's row lit fest. three books. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >>> up next, secretary of state antony blinken testifying before the house foreign affairs committee on the withdrawal from afghanistan. this hearing is about five hours.

we aren't ragan land which is also kind of goldwater land of the 1980s.re we wrong to read these books -- obviously funnies politics abhorrent. this book in particular the culture war stuff is just a reminder of how disgustingly phobic. >> literal people going around brag about beating up gay people on the campaign trail, right? >> we find that abhorrent. they've got to respect the hustle here. >> the strategic action. >> to bring us up into the mainstream when american liberals all assumed society was going in a more progressive direction. they sow they could tap into this thing and they've been dominating american politics for decades ever since. are we rights, and i write to read in that way? obvious of the right has very unlimited resources carry out these pains eccentric section. >> or a willingness to discipline themselves. >> yes exactly for. >> yes, it's not only radicals. my first book before the storm came out in 2001, it did well. they got great reviews. it did not sell fantastically well. they told me too go to certain publishing company becau

but ragan, while he was a big thinker he also it was a very practical. story in that utterly irrelevant. that is at the office once he gave a speech, he dinner speech. he said if you have a dinner speaker, a luncheon speaker and the desert is on the table, eat it first. because they always ask you to speak when people are having the dessert and they never save it, so eat it first. [laughter] another thing on the actors union he said what he learned never sit down at a table less you to get back up. >> he was a five term at present he had one thing that i'd never done before i'm pretty sure it not since, he called a strike against the studio bosses. he did in college too, he did that. that's the only strike they've ever had in those days hollywood was very close place. for five of these moguls running the place. reagan himself his future career was already up for grabs and he called the strike. in that strike he got a lot of concessions not just for actors but for the screenwriters of the people behind the camera whose pensions were at stake and work thro

kimmy ragan and missed it, though, going into isolation after testing positive for coronavirus.le delight for williams. both the briton and his canadian team—mate crashed out during the second session. neither were hurt. roared on by 70,000 fans, there was no stopping red bull's max verstappen surging to his sixth pole in seven races, but title rival lewis hamilton was just under 400th of a second behind him. that lewis hamilton wasjust under 400th of a second behind him.— of a second behind him. that is incredible _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and today _ of a second behind him. that is incredible and today was - of a second behind him. that is incredible and today was also l of a second behind him. that is i incredible and today was also very enjoyable. i mean, the car was really nice to drive and this track as well, once the fuel comes out, it is really cool. as well, once the fuel comes out, it is really cool-— is really cool. max did an amazing [3 . is really cool. max did an amazing la- and i is really cool. m

cnbc's courtney ragan now. what's driving the sales and what's topping the wish lists?vening there are a number of factors pointing to a very happy holiday season not all guaranteed to be smooth sailing. backdrop is strong despite the covid delta variant. by and large u.s. consumers have been spending. >> i think what you're seeing, courtney, is the continuation of a trend you've seen over the last several months which is a very strong, healthy consumer. there is a pent-up demand. savings rate is high stock market is performing extremely well the consumer wants to get out and shop >> reporter: if you like shiny, expensive gifts, you might be in luck if you're on the nice list. luxury goods sales expected to grow more than 90% that's not including jewelry jewelry sales are expected to sparkle on their own predicted to grow nearly 60% clothing is likely to top wish lists, especially as americans start leaving home again while there's 102 days until christmas, experts say santa better get started early retailers are working hard to keep enough merchandise in stock to meet

nancy ragan biographer and pete wilson. then august marks the 40th anniversary of president ragan's 1981 tax cuts passing into law. others look back at the legacy of president ragan's history. >>> book tv on afterwards the president of the claire booth luce center for michelle women. michelle easton, how to raise a conservative daughter. then at 2 p.m. eastern from the printer's row lit fest in chicago we'll feature interviews with miles harvey on his book the king of confidence, elly fishman and marsha chatelain. watch american history tv and book tv every weekend on cspan 2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or visit c-span.org. >>> next, a look at the potential of wind energy

ragan used to say trust but verify so we have to keep an i on them and we have to use our best intelligence't anymore al qaeda planning attacks on the homeland in afghanistan. neil: one of the things your report revealed, governor, at the time was the lack of communication or sharing of information between agencies, intelligence agencies like the fbi and cia, has that been resolved? >> yes thanks to our report. passed legislation based on our recommendations, which reformed the entire intelligence community, one of the largest in history the united states government and said the cia and fbi would be together with a group of 17 intelligence agencies and they had to meet together every week to share information. my belief is had that been in place before 9/11 and the cia had been sharing what they new at the fbi i think the attack would have been prevented. neil: so when the ca-- cia acknowledged they knew some of the attackers and i think were in palm beach county florida at the time and they were keeping track of them, that information was never shared with the fbi. do you think had it been