book tv, the author of ron paul's "revolution" talks about the career and influence of the texas congressman. and then the legal fight against unequal pay for women, and collin powell talks about his memoir, and shirley sherrod on the controversial internet video and accusations of racism that lost her, her job. >> i don't know. someone took a shot, and as soon as i shot this part i went down, and i think was something like 96 tanks, and each one would fire into the group, and then they came around, they shot -- to put it simply, 150 captive and 84 were shot down by ss forces that captured them. the survivors, including ted palusch, played dead in the field after they were -- they were fired on by machine guns at close range. from the distance from myself at the podium to you sitting in the audience. this range. machine guns were fired at these men. they didn't run. they fell to the ground. >> december 17, 1944. an american convoy in belgium is spotted and captured by german troops, sunday night at 9:00 eastern and pacific. part of american history tv this weekend on c-span 3. >> you're watching c-span2. politic and public affairs, featuring live coverage of the u.