our special guest speaker the preeminent historian and senior editor for "national review," richard brookhiser. mr. brookhiser has been writing about politicians, living and dead for most of his life. his first article in high school was a cover story in "national review" in 1970. when he was 15 years old. he went to work for the magazine full-time in 1977 and has been there ever since. in 1987 he began writing a column for the new york observer. and has written for many of the magazines on "the atlantic monthly" cosmopolitan cover everything from the fall of communism, the monica lewinsky. for a short time he wrote speeches for vice president george h. w. bush, and in 2008 president george w. bush awarded him the national humanities medal in a white house ceremony. in 1996 he published his first biography, "founding father: rediscovering george washington." for more books on the founders follow. he also wrote and hosted two films, rediscovering george washington, and rediscovering alexander hamilton, broadcast on pbs. and 2004 and 2005 he was the historian and curator of alexander hamilton, t

as our special guest speaker the preeminent historian and senior editor for national review richard brookhiser. mr. brookhiser has been writing about politicians, living and dead, for most of his life. his first article on anti-war protests in the high school was a cover story in national review in 1970 when he was 15 years of age. he went to work for the magazine full time in 1977, and has been this ever since. in 1987 he began writing a column for the new york observer. and he's written for many other magazines from the atlantic monthly to cosmopolitan covering everything from the fall of communism to monica lewinsky. for a short time he wrote speeches for vice president george w. bush, and in 2008 prime minister -- president george w. bush awarded him the hue manties medal. -- humanities medal. four more books on the founders followed. he also wrote and hosted two films, "rediscovering george washington" and "rediscovering alexander hamilton," both broadcast on pbs. in 2004 and 2005 he was historian curator of alexander hamilton, the man who made modern america, which was an exhibit at the

richard brookhiser will be talking about his new book "james madison." >> from "politico" this morning, president obama will fly back to the homeland next thursday to make the case that his jobs bill can fix the nage's crumbling infrastructure, and the bridge he's chosen to illustrate the problem happens to be in house speaker john boehner's hometown. the out-dated brent spence bridge connects kentucky with cincinnati where boehner grew up and went to school. well, that's just a coincidence, according to the administration. jay carney made the announcement at his briefing thursday afternoon. "it's a bridge in great need of repair" carney said, smiling slightly. he added that the bridge is "one we can get to and highlight from the white house on a day trip." cheryl, what do you think about overhauling halling the tax system? caller: i think something definitely needs to be done. but i any transparancy would be nice to have from -- in our government. our chambers of congress, i believe they are doing under the tape table thing that should not be done. i believe there are a lot of rich pe

in a half-hour, richard brookhiser will be speaking. here is what is ahead this weekend on booktv. >> best selling author of "a beautiful mind" talks about her latest book on economics and intellectual pursuits to achieve the lives helps people worldwide. it is one of the many nonfiction books and authors this weekend. we will also continue our series of college interviews with professors from george washington university on their latest books about military intervention, a voter suppression, and modern afghanistan michael more recounts his life from started his own -- afghanistan. michael moore recounts his own life. but the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> nasa unveiled its new rocket for deep space missions on wednesday. it is called the space launch system and will include hardware from the space shuttle and the now-defunct programs. it will use a mixture of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen to help cut costs. they were joined by kay bailey hutchison and bill nelson for this half-hour briefing. >> the administration is coming for