we have an author of an incredibly important book here, rosemary gibson. her book explores the topic of a dramatic shifts in where our medicine comes from. as china looks to position themselves as the pharmacy of the world. i think many of us in the medical and public health profession have been unaware of this shift. we may notice at times that there are shortages, contamination issues, other problems, but i think we have not been aware that there is a systematic issue, a major change in the system from manufacturing and delivery pharmaceuticals. the implications of one country controlling the supply of medicine is astounding demand matter what country we may be talking about. think about it. what if there is a global pandemic and it's hard to move products across the world because of that? what if there is heightened tensions within the south china sea? everyone could be vulnerable. everyone could be put at risk. the world of the fda-- ft and situation could not be overstated because the fda cannot be as effective in assuring the safety of our medicine i

first up, rosemary gibson talks about the risks of the u.s. depending on china to supply the essential ingredients for many of our most widely-used medicines. then at 8:30, stuart eizenstat, chief domestic policy adviser to president jimmy carter and other carter administration veterans, discuss the legacy of america's 39th president. at 10, barbara ehrenreich explores the science behind how the body ages on "after words." and we wrap up at 11 p.m. with former cia director michael hayden. he assesses the current threats to american national security. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend, television for serious readers. >> so you're probably wondering how this all started. i mean, writing a bunny book about the life of a vice president. so charlotte's going to try to take it from there. >> yeah. thank you, everyone, for coming. this is really, really cool and really special. it's definitely been a dream of mine since i was very, very small to have a book out, especially a children'

but first, let me introduce you to rosemary gibson. rosemary gibson is a senior advisor at the hastings center and principal author of china rx. exposing the rest of america's dependence on china for medicine. she is the recipient of the highest honor from the american medical writers association in 2014 given a public voice in the interest of critical health issues today. at the george washington university she gave the 2015 lecture that they have annually at the school of public health. at the foundation she was chief architect of the $250 million decade-long national strategy to establish inpatient care programs that now number 1600 patient related lifetime achievement award from the american academy of hospice and worked with bill moyers on a documentary. recipient of a patient safety award from the south carolina hospital association. rosemary is also principal author of medicare meltdown in 2013, battle over healthcare, and others. she has been in "washington post", reference and proceedings of the u.s. senate and congressional t

thank our speakers and especially rosemary gibson, author of "china rx." thanks to all of you. disability and enlightening segment. -- this was really and enlightening segment. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. >> host: we are pleased to be joined here on our set on the campus by khaled beydoun who is the author of this book, "american islamophobia: understanding the roots and rise of fear." he is also a law professor at university of detroit. professor gump you spent quite a bit of time in your book defining what islamophobia is. what is it? >> i do. i spent a considerable amount of time defining the term because of been a lot of confusion as to what the term actually means. so islamophobia basic is the perception that alien, violent, most identity is tied to terrorism. i've breakdown that definition in three forms, private islamophobic which is fear and violence inflicted by private individuals, structural and lost islamophobia which is islamophobia unleashed and enforced by the state and finally

here's or prime time lineup first up rosemary gibson talks about risk on u.s.al imreengts for most widely used medicines and then at 8:30 stewart izen chief predecessor and carter administration veterans discuss the legacy of america's 39th president. at 10 barbara explores science how body ages on booktv afterwards program. and we wrap up our prime time programming at 11 p.m. with former cia director michael hayden he assesses current threats to american national security. that all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction, authors and books every weekend. television for serious readers. now a look at the risks of depending on china, to supply the essential ingredients from many of the u.s.'s most widely used medicines. ... >> herbert explores the topic of a dramatic shift where medicines come from. as china looks to position itself as the pharmacy of the world. i think many of us in the medical and health professions have been unaware of the shift. we may notice at times that there are shortages. that there is contamination issues, other pro

thank our speakers and especially rosemary gibson, author of "china rx." thanks to all of you. disability and enlightening segment. -- this was really and enlightening segment. thank you. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> booktv is on twitter and facebook and we want to hear from you. >> host: we are pleased to be joined here on our set on