an interview with rubin carter.e talks about being in prison for 25 years on false criminal charges. edward talkings # about the value of the urban environments in the triump of the city. >> they embarked on a discussion about celebrity activism. they also talked about childhood obesity. it's a little more than an hour. >> i want to welcome the c-span viewers and twitter audience at hash tag playbook breakfast. what's something the government should do more or less of? >> well, that's a big question. let me narrow that question and focus it on what i do as a creative coalition which we are primarily an organization that protects, defends, and advocates for the arts in the united states, and, you know, we're in this climate of cutting budgets on everything, and so one of the things we try to do is get the government to support and spend more money on the national endowment for the arts which if you adjust for inflation it's $100 million behind what it was 20 years ago, and, you know, the thing about cutting is that,

rubin carter. i have to honor very doctorate degrees, one from australia will school in 2003 and one from new york university, 2005. as of its rubin carter. >> host: both of australia? canada. your book is called on the of the hurricane might have from darkness to freedom with a foreword by nelson mandela in your co-author. let me read to you you said here my main purpose writing this book is to share with you that i have discovered the truth to be the truth. >> the love of truth is the spirit of man. given where i was and how long i was there this is incredible. i have no business have all been here now. >> guest: that is absolutely correct. >> host: you see that you were in jail 40 something years. what you mean by that? >> guest: well i was in jail 47 years and the fact that we are born into a prison, we are born as perfect beings, perfect means complete with all of our possibilities in tact but we are also born into a world of sleeping people, the level of on conscious human insanity where heat

rubin hurricane carter talked about his wrongful conviction. 20 years he spent in prison and his workent since his release. he talks with journalist juan williams. at 9:00 p.m. be a personal edward glazer argues the city is humanity's greatest invention and our salvation for the future. at 9:50 p.m. eastern genet coand in strategic services during world war 2. that is tonight on c-span2. with the new hampshire 2012 primary less than a year away several republican presidential candidates are in manchester today to speak at the americans for prosperity foundation summit on spending and job creation. former massachusetts governor met ronnie, former minnesota governor tim:the and minnesota republican congresswoman michele bachman are scheduled to speak. live coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. >> live saturday the white house correspondent holds a black eye dinner with arrival at 6:45 with remarks from president obama and saturday night live's seth myers including highlights of past dinners and your comments from facebook and twitter live on c-span

tonight on book tv, prime time, juan williams talks with rubin "hurricane" carter about his book "eye of the hurricane." >> what i try to do is tell a story with visuals instead of words. i'm writing paragraphs, they just happen to be with images. >> four pulitzer prizes, carol guza has won the prize more than any other journalist. >> i think we get to experience so more parts of the human condition. >> she'll talk more about her craft on sunday night on c-span q & a. you can also download the podcast at c-span.org/podcast. >> live sat, white house correspondent black tie dinner, later remarks from president obama and "saturday night live" seth meyers. and your comments from facebook and twitter. and on c-span.org, follow allow with the interactive video player, featuring video clips, social comments, and live hd video. u.s. chamber of commerce ceo tom donahue says the government needs to produce more oil and stay out of labor disputes. it was the first speaker at the annual aviation industry conference this week in washington. this portion of a meeting is about half an hour. >> well,

you say but if i had to choose an epitaph to be carved on my tombstone, remember, this is rubin hurricane carter speaking, they would simply read he was just enough. this thing because somebody in the high school audience, you're speaking to the student asked you what you want your epitaph. you are a man, bob dylan wrote a song about you. nelson mandela has written the forward to this book and spoken about you, i know nelson mandela loves watching. >> he was a boxer himself. >> and he was talking about someone who's like and who was in jail. and has come out. so here's nelson mandela, bob dylan, even tony bennett you say -- >> muhammad ali. >> and out comes time for you to speak about yourself and you say for death it should be, he was just enough to the current to stay from convictions to matter what problems his action may have cost him, he was just enough to perform a miracle to wake up, to regain the humanity in living hell, he was just enough. just enough. so when people hear this just enough, i'm sure they're going to be thinking to themselves, well, just enough to get off, or just enough