so it's a great honor to be able to introduce richard rodriguez. [applause] >> thank you very much. i was talking to you in new york after september 11 and he said to me, when i propose, wanted to write about religion in this very dangerous age. he said that if you write to stylish about religion, a pious will not read it. and if you write to piously about religious, the stylus won't read it. so i've written a book that is both highest and the stylist. god help me. [laughter] after september 11 i was struck by the fact that i know almost nothing, i knew almost nothing about islam except some cartoon version of islam. gather for maybe a british movie, lawrence of arabia or wherever it came from. and my journey to the middle east was in some way just to satisfy my own hunger and knowledge. i did not who these people were, didn't know what their grievance was with americans. and so forth. i think what i learned from living and even worshiping with muslims is that as a christian i adore a desert god, and they reminded me that these religions of abraham, judaism, islam, christianity, our

[laughter] spin things are much, richard rodriguez. [applause] he will be signing books upstairs. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> you are watching tv, nonfiction authors and books every weekend on c-span2. >> booktv asks what are you reading this summer? >> so much of my daily life here is policy orbit, serious things and so i like to do with reading, which is a passion of mine is unwind. nothing like good murder mysteries. i've heard a lot of great things about this author, have never read the book, but this "gone girl," i love it but it's talking about the town golden boy, series of lies, deceit, inappropriate behavior. what's not to like? he is bitter that is a really a killer? we will find it. and then my spanish to my native language but i'm just not practicing it as well as i should, as often as i should so "heaven is for real" i heard is a very good book but this one is in spanish, "el cielo es real." and then this guy, i've heard a lot about him, haven't had a chance to read any of his previous work. it's a great title, "not cool." i think i'm going to enjoy that b

maxy rodriguez scored the fourth. sending it 4-2. richard nicholson, al jazeera. >> argentinian football fans have been celebrating on the streets of sao paulo. we have a report on why the win made brazil's world cup might mare worse. . >> reporter: party time for argentinian fans. chanting, singing, pandemonium outside the stadium. >> translation: i am super happy, a message for all argentinian people. we deserve the happiness, we deserve to be champions. they waited a long time to get to the point. argentinian fans ecstatic, going to the world cup fine for the first time since 1990. for the dutch it was close. if there was consolation, it was this. it was not seven to one. for brazilians. if things could not get worse, they did. most of the fans were subdued. the brazilians sat. the major city wanted to see the arch rival lose. hours before kick-off outside the stadium. it was on full display. brazilians dressing in orange, hoping the support would haul them to victory. >> translation: we are against argentina. holland will win today. >> t

rodriguez. >> pump up the volume ♪ don't cry for me argentina. >> their first trip to the cup finals since 1990. they will play germany on sunday. >>> you'll remember that richardthe play on michael crabtree in the championship game and had some words with him. apparently, the fire has not died in time. sherman who went on the discovery channel show american hustle piled it on. >> i just don't like the dude. and i think he's sorry. that is what it came down to. i knew he was going to be a little punk and walk off. he wasn't going to shake hands after the game. it is not going to be something that goes away. i plan to play him over year every year and choke him out. >> he is just baiting colin kaepernick. time for the type five. this guy has the baseball to go with that red badge. looks like it hurt. i heard of a bad day on the golf course, but how do you score this? she didn't just hit it, she drove it. jack bradley jr. won a world series. if he keeps doing this, he will win one with the red sox. and that's the beauty huh? number two, later in the same game, the wall hit it is ball off of jonny gomes face. he picked it up and named the runner at the plate and b

rodriguez did in the shootout. argentina's first trip to the cup finals since 1990 against germany. >>> richard sherman went on tv afteritle game and called out michael crabtree. last night on the discovery channel he is still alive. >> you know, it's not going to be something that goes away, you know? i hope to play him every year for the rest of my career and choke him out. >> the baiting begins. crabtree will meet sherman twice at least twice next season. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> let's continue this theme. roberta is ready for some baseball and some weather, too,. >> reporter: and some weather, but loving the jersey. >> roberta is back. >> reporter: yes. nice. very nice. thanks, michelle. she is back, right? hi, everybody. good morning from willie mays plaza outside the at&t park where currently it's mostly cloudy, temperature as lawrence was alluding to in the low 60s. this is the fourth and final game of the 2014 series a battle of the bay and this is not just all about baseball. okay. i'm a giants fan, too. i'm a san francisco bay area fan. this is all about the fans. in fact, it was on monday f

rodriguez did in the shootout. argentina's first trip to the cup finals since 1990 against germany. >>> richard sherman went on tv andour crabtree. last night on the discovery channel he is still alive. >> you know, it's not going to be something that goes away, you know? i hope to play him every year for the rest of my career and choke him out. >> the baiting begins. crabtree will meet sherman twice at least twice next season. i'm dennis o'donnell. see you tonight. >>> all righty. roberta gonzales is taking us out to the ballgame a few hours early roberta is in san francisco. i'm loving your jersey, roberta. >> loving your jersey. brian, how long have you known me? >> since the reagan administration. [ laughter ] >> pretty much. even before that. so you know and michelle i think you know, too, that all my life i had been a baseball fanatic. i love me some mlb and primarily i love some american league baseball. us this the oakland a's. but i'm also san francisco bay area fan so i do like the national league, as well. this is the story of the battle of the bay. we had fans that have come out to watch the giants and a'