i am here today with garrett graff is the author of a book called raven rock. the story of the us government secret plans to save itself while the rest of us die. it's a sardonic book and makes amusing and instructive in frightening major issues of the government preparedness for continuity after a war, especially a nuclear war. garrett knows what he's talking about and writing about and he is an historian who is specialized in national security and author of a great book that has come to my class at the naval academy to talk about called threat matrix: the fbi wore in the age of global terror. he also has written for a number of journals but edited two of them. now he has turned his attention to the whole archipelago across this part of the us where there are shelters for the government to seek out in time of rate national emergency. how did you decide you would write such a book? >> thank you. it's great to be back here. i think this is my third time at the annapolis book festival and i don't know how the organizers do it but every time i've been here the wea

garrett graff -- and raven rock. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> that was a look at the emergency evacuation plans for high-ranking government officials with garrett graff, author of raven rock. were watching the tv on c-span2, live coverage of the annapolis festival. we will be back with more shortly. >> for nearly 20 years in depth on the tv has featured the nation's best known nonfiction writers for life conversations about their books. this year it was a special project we are featuring best-selling fiction writers permit the program in depth fiction addition. join us live sunday may 6 at noon eastern with thriller fiction author, david but dottie. his other novels include endgame, the six, absolute power and became a major motion picture. he's written six novels for younger readers which included the finisher, the keeper and the width of the world. during the program we will be taking your phone calls, tweets and facebook messages. a special series in d

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and journalist garrett grant with his book, "raven rock" the story of the u.s. government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die. watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival. saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> members of the senate rules and administration committee held a hearing to talk about a legislative proposal sponsored by senator james langford that would change procedures for the consideration of nominations. the bill aims to limit post cloture debate from 30 hours to eight hours for nominations. not including most cabinet level and senior judicial nominees. this hearing is 40 minutes. >> committee on rules and administration will come to order. i'm pleased to see my colleagues here and our visitors here, this is the second time i've had a chance to chair this committee and i'm glad to return the chairmanship of the committee and i'm fortunate that senator klobuchar is my partner and we're looking forward to do that and some things will be right before this committee that we are able to be the chair and ranking member of. i'm pleas

co-founder amy skiskins, with "the list, a week by week reckoning of trump's first year", and "raven rock, the secret plan for the u.s. government to save itself while the rest of us die. watch the coverage of the annapolis book festival on c-span's book tv. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington d.c. and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your satellite or cable provider. . >> the u.s. senate gavelling in, which is expected to be the last legislative day until may 7th. this'll finish up work on the nomination of mike pompeo to be secretary of state. votes at noon and take up the nomination of richard grinle to be the u.s. ambassador for germany. nomination of ronny jackson, physician, withdrawing his nomination today and we may hear speeches of that on the floor. live coverage of the senate now on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate wil

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garrett graff -- and raven rock. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] -- sid talk about temporary politics. [inaudible conversations] >> hello and walk to the i aannapolis book festival. we're going to have a discussion of politics here in the trump era, and then we'll take some questions from you. to my right is jacob hacker, who is a professor of political science at yale. the author of a number of books, but american amnesia is the book we'll be touching on today, and amy siskind, who is the cofounder of new agenda, chase nonprofit that is dedicated to improving the lives of women and girls, and she is the author of "the list," and we're just going open up the discussion now and see where we go. jacob, i want to start with you. your book, american amnesia, is about a mixed economy. the importance and the success of active government in improving the lives of americans. we have seen over the last year or so now a really systemic effort to degrade government institutions, but also at the sa

and journalist garrett graff with his book, raven rock.ive coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10 a.m. eastern on can c-span2's -- on c-span2's booktv. >> while in washington, d.c. for a state visit, french president emmanuel macron delivered remarks and answered questions from students at the george washington university. this is about an hour and ten minutes. [cheers and applause]

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and journalist garrett graff with his book, raven rock. watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10 a.m. eastern on can c-span2's -- on c-span2's booktv. >> while in washington, d.c. for a state visit, french president emmanuel macron delivered remarks and answered questions from students at the george washington university. this is about an hour and ten minutes. [cheers and applause] >> thank you very much for that warm welcome. thank you, mr. president, for this welcome and for organizing this evening, thank you for moderating or trying to moderate. [laughter] i will try to answer questions on my side. i'm extremely honored and very pleased to have the importance of such a direct exchange. that's the last moment of my trip, my state visit in the, and after several official meetings and this morning an address to the congress, i'm absolutely delighted to have the opportunity just to directly answer your questions. so i don't want to make a long speech. i'm here for you. so please, no filter. be direct. what

entrepreneur "the sentient machine" and co-founder amy sis kind "the list: trump's first year" and "raven rock" the story of the u.s. government secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die. watch live coverage of the festival saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's book tv. >>> "new york times" versus united states the pentagon papers case. president nixon is using his presidential authority to prevent the documents related to the vietnam war. lower court judge stopped the presses for the first time in american history. the presses have been stopped someone fears the exposure might be dangerous to national security. another judge refuses to stop the presses and is proud of that. all up to the supreme court. >> the pentagon papers case, i haven't seen the movie but it's a great story but it only stands for the proposition that the government can't stop the presses in advance, but the court actually acknowledges there's a possibility that once the "new york times" and "the washington post" published this, there could be prosecutions afterward. >> i think the gravitational force of th

and journalist garrett grant for his book "raven rock." the story of the u.s. government's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us die. watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival saturday beginning at 10:00 a.m. on c-span2's book tv. >>> coming up saturday, rematches from president trump at a campaign rally in macomb county, michigan. that event taking place at about the same time as this year's white house correspondent's dinner, which the president declined to attend for the second con sktisecutive year. see this on our companion network c-span. then after that, live coverage of the white house correspondents' dinner from washington. this year's entertainment will be michelle wolf, stand-up comedian and correspondent with "the daily show with trevor noah." see that at 9:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> monday on "landmark cases," "the new york times" v. united states, better known as the pentagon's paper case. daniel ellsberg released a top study to "the new york times" and "the washington post" which fought the nixon administration to publish.

and raven rock of the story of the u.s.ernment's secret plan to save itself while the rest of us died. monday on landmark cases. new york times versus the united states, known as the pentagon papers case. the new york times and washington post fought the next him and administration to publish a classified history of u.s. military activity in vietnam. the decision restricted the government's power over the press and broadened first amendment protections. represented the new york times in its case against , theyxon and, ted olson watch a landmark cases monday. join the conversation. follow us on c-span. we have resources for background on each case. the companion book. a link to the constitution center. washington journal continues. host: back here live on this friday morning. the world waking up to the news that at a summit on the demilitarized zone, the two leaders agreed to move forward with a nuclear free korean peninsula. .s an end to the korean war an armistice was signed in 1953 when that war ended. and never signed it

and journalist garrett graff with his book raven rock, the story of u.s.overnment secret plan to save itself all the rest of us died. watch live coverage saturday beginning at 10:00 eastern on book tv. >> the news starts to spread parts of the country. there is an editorial cartoon that comes out with a baby , where's myma, ma pa?" >> the first few episodes are all in my head, they hang around people.ept of we the it was an exploration of gender, , then we moveity into the idea of more perfect .nion there are a couple of episodes about justice, and defense. a combination with the blessings of liberty for ourselves and our posterity. washington journal continues. los angeles times supreme court reporter joins us on the last day of arguments of the current term of the supreme court. set to be heard, trump versus hawaii. david savage, is there any reason why the court save this until the last day? >> it is a big deal. this case has gone through a series of cycles. this was the first controversy of his presidency. the travel ban came up the first week. it has

her book "the list" a week by week reckoning of trump's first year and journalist garrett graph "raven rock." watch live coverage of the annapolis book festival, saturday, beginning at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >> on saturday, we'll bring you live coverage of the annual white house correspondent's dinner. in washington. for the second straight year, president trump has declined an invitation to attend the event this year's entertainment will be michelle wolfe, a stand-up comedian and a correspondent with "the daily show" with trevor noah. see the dinner live on c-span. >>> sunday night on afterwards, journalist ronald kesler with his book "the trump white house: changing the rules of the game." interviewed by ginny thomas of liberty consulting. >> he's like a boxer, always diverting attention, bobbing and weaving, counterpunching. it's all an act. i interviewed norma forter, his top aide for 26 years. when she joined the organization there were only seven other employees she knew him better than anybody on the both the business and social side and she said there are two dona

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