she's due date roger ebert. >> i did not know that.car that is some news. >> of 23 years ago she decided that she wanted to take control of her life, her boyfriend roger ebert said that used to do what you do, i work for the network, and in my partner decided to take our television show at the movies. they took it private, the syndicated themselves. how it >> that is what prompted her to do it? >> yes, she said goodbye to abc, she was making about 100 million new-$100 million in revenue. her fortune is worth over $2.7 billion. clearly the biggest owner on the forbes a celebrity list. >> she is behind several other shows that are doing well. >> yes, she has learned how to syndicate the others which makes her power now four times is exponential. she can still do a book club on all four of the shows, she can do the advertising because she owns the advertising on all four of the shows, she is in no way downsizing, but she may become an executive. o' channel, she is like her own cable show. >> , yes that is called own the oprah winfrey and

his memoir will be published september and it is an honor and privilege to present to you roger ebert. [applause] >> yesterday at the airport it was dicey touch and go to get here they cancel the flight another was four hours delayed somebody said you know, that god was predicting the end of that -- attended the world. do think "this is it"? he said no. i have to go to the book expo breakfast tomorrow. [laughter] here we go. [applause] >> we were invited to appear on a tv show we were not shut -- so sure. could they appear how would it make us look? play's comedy things the audience dialing for dollars would be thinking about things like that? she put us through a dry run and spun an imaginary drum and put out of three by five car from which she had written her own name and the winner is, congratulations. you one a dollar. [laughter] restarted another invitation to an invited to baltimore we were at in / young woman named oprah winfrey she you came into the green room to chat. i like tour. she explained we would appear after a segment from a vegetarian schiff and then wrap up this the

our first author is roger ebert, known and admired as america's premier movie critic. he began his labors in 1967 with the "chicago sun-times." he was the first movie critic ever to win the pulitzer prize. his television programs with partner jean sissel and later with richard roper, were also the best of the class. his memoir, life itself, will be published in september. it is an honor and a privilege to present to you roger ebert. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. you will hear my computer voice that lives in my laptop. it enables my dream to speak better. he doesn't sound as good as my wife. so i'm going to ask her to do some reading this morning. this will be from a chapter in my book about appearing on talk shows. [applause] >> good morning. i'm going to reload the garage but before i start, i want to just say one thing. on behalf of roger, i would like to thank everyone at the grand central table, this is a new relationship for him, and from the very beginning they have been stellar. and we just want to thank them this morning. [applause] >> and one of the th

new releases with jim lehrer and anne rice, roger ebert, and eric larsen. plus, activist and filmmaker michael more on his upcoming memoir. find the complete schedule at booktv.org. cortex the wordbook to 9970 to. standard messaging with supply. >> elizabeth warren before a house oversight committee this week and was accused of lying to congress about her role in helping state officials negotiate a settlement with mortgage providers. you can see the entire hearing this weekend, but here is part of it until our live coverage. >> [inaudible] >> originally, this hearing was it 2:00. are you not able to stay for this? >> when asked to change the time four times in the last four hours, including waking people up at home last night -- >> let me be on the record with you. i never made a single phone call about this. be very clear about what you're saying. we have two additional members and eight minutes remaining for the vote. if you will not stay around for the questions, then we are going to stay around and finish this out. i never heard back you had to leave at

from book expo america, new releases with jim lehrer, roger ebert, eric larsen. panels on feminism and favorite books of 2011. activist and filmmaker michael moore on his upcoming memoir. i find the schedule at booktv.org or text. this weekend on american history tv on c-span 3, "the washington post" journalist ben bradlee and bob woodward on watergate and the fallout for nixon. associate professor at george mason talks about the foreign policy of president reagan and we will visit fort myer, virginia, to learn more about armey's oldest active in trade union and its role in presidential real spirit of the complete schedule at c-span.org /history or have it emailed by pressing the c-span alert button. follow c-span's "washington journal" on twitter and joined viewers to get advance notice of tomorrow's test, question of the day and high-profile bookings and links to video clips. you can also tweet in questions to our guest and add your comments. don't miss any updates. start your twitter account today at twitter.com/cspanwj. >> the u.s. supreme court is at a uphel