russian roulette is about? is abousaid that help russia ind in a much more sophisticated way can anybody realized at the time and the impact it had itself. >> and a part of the back story that led up to that point. it was to wage information warfare on the western liberal democracies to undermine the democracy in the west. >> you came up with something and said i wish i had just read the book but it was very readable. the start of the book is the pageant in moscow. >> the moment the story comes together you have donald trump in moscow and secondarily, a part of that is to meet vladimir putin for the relationship. >> because you are describing him on a quest at this point. >> he was obsessed with getting a meeting. after the pageant itself he's asking everybody around him have we heard from putin yet and he was obsessed with meeting with putin. why? this is one of the big mysteries throughout the book. he would aspire to the way putin runs the country but in order to get the trump tower bill >> getting it passed

book "russian roulette." co-founder matter with her book "when they call you a terrorist." and political commentator roger simon with his book "i know best ." watch our weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. festival of books live on c-span two's book tv. >> this month on c-span we feature our student camera contest winners. high schoolers to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and explain why it is important to them. graderst winners are 12 from whitefish bay high school in whitefish bay wisconsin. in their winning entry, they tells about article one, section two, congressional redistricting. take a look. wisconsin, the home of a summer climate, a massive lake, every gary product gerrymanderedand legislative districts. >> what was that word you just said? >> gerrymandering. >> what in the world is gerrymandering? idea.ave no i should know, but unfortunately i do not. >> i have heard about it. >> i knew that at one time, but i do not know. >> to understand gerrymandering, we need understand what reapportionment is. isevery 10 years the census taken, which mea

tonight on afterwards, journalist david corn and michael isikoff with their book "russian roulette, the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump." they are interviewed by joaquin castro of texas. is thattart of the book 2013 miss universe in moscow, how did you pick that as a starting point? a if you were looking for moment that they trump russia's story comes together, it is really there. moscow, donald trump in and he is there to preside over the miss universe pageant. but what is his real agenda? it is for a business deal to build a trump tower and moscow -- in moscow. secondarily, though part of that, is to meet blood near putin. we talked a moment ago on how to build a tower. you needed to have putin's permission. to do anything in moscow, trump had to hook up with an oligarchy. in this case, and oligarch friendly to put in. he is already in bed with his corrupt regime. he starts putting out immediately in midfield 13, putin be my new bff when i bring it to moscow? announcer: watch afterwards tonight on 9:00 p.m. on c-span2's book tv. his statement wa

david and others of the bush russian book russian roulette. let me ask you, david first, how did you come up with this title? >> you're asking the right person not because i came up with it but we struggled through a lot of places which will not reveal but in the middle of the process my 17 -year-old daughter, i think she was 16 at the time, said dad, russian roulette. >> does she get royalties? [laughter] >> in fact, today she actually negotiated with me and her terms and she wanted a subscription to "the new york times" crossword puzzle. i said i am getting off cheap here is that we pay her for the title. >> everyone who reads this book will have their own answer to this question but i think it's important to have the authors so let me ask you russian roulette is a book about -- >> 's about what happened in the 2016 election and how a foreign power, russia, intervened in our election in a much more conservative a sophisticated way than i think anyone realized at the time. and the impact it had on the election itself. >> also, i would say the

republican former california governor -- announcer: sunday night on journalists with their book "russian roulette: the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump." >> if you were looking for a moment that the trump-russia story comes together, it is really there. ,ou have donald trump in moscow and he is there to preside over the miss universe pageant, but what is his real agenda. it is for a business deal, to build a trump tower in moscow. secondarily, although a part of that, is to meet vladimir putin. ittalked about how to build tower, you needed -- a tower, you needed putin's permission. anything, trump had to hook up with an oligarch friendly to putin. he starts tweeting out mid-2013 "will f when i my new bf bring the pageant to moscow?" announcer: watch on "booktv." announcer: monday on "landmark ohio." brandenburg v. the supreme court unanimously ruled state law violated first amendment rights. our guests are the former head of the american civil liberties union and a law professor at new york law school in manhattan, and a senior attorney at columbia universit

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may's russian roulette, says the sunday mirror — it says the uk's braced for the revenge of presidentrned about ‘consequences‘. the mail on sunday also pictures a missile — it has a comment from president trump, who tweeted ‘mission accomplished' following last night's raids. locked and loaded says the sunday telegraph, as president trump says he's ready to launch further strikes against syria's bashar al—assad. the people pictures the aftermath of one of those missile strikes, with the headline ‘we‘ll strike again‘. the sunday times focuses on survivors of a suspected chemical attack in syria. it pictures a 7—year—old girl who described the conditions she was caught up in. the syria missile strikes naturally dominating many of tomorrow's front pages, plenty for us to talk about with regards to that and what may happen next. let's start with the sunday telegraph. locked and loaded is the headline. thejury is telegraph. locked and loaded is the headline. the jury is a very good of —— from theresa may. -- from theresa may. locked and loaded it make people feel like crying. the lesson of

. >> host: david corn and michael isikoff authors of the most recent book "russian roulette." gemeasky david first how did you come up with the title? guess who you are asking the right person on this one. not that i came out up with that but we struggled through a lot of choices we are going to reveal that in the middle of that process my 17-year-old daughter at the time said dad, the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump. >> host: dishy get royalties? >> guest: in fact today she negotiated with me her terms and she wanted a subscription to "the new york times" crossword puzzle. i said i am getting off easy here. >> host: everybody there reads this book will have their own answer to this question but i think it's important to ask the authors, select the ask you "russian roulette" is a book about. >> guest: it's about what happened in the 2016 election how a foreign power russia intervened in our election and in a much more sophisticated way than anybody realized at the time and the impact it had on the election itself. see the. >> guest: also

applause] [inaudible] >> sunday night on afterward, journalist david and michael with their book, russian rouletteere interviewed by -- of texas. >> started the book uses the ms. >> if you're looking for a moment with a trump in russia story comes together it's really there. yeah donald trump in moscow. he's there to preside over the ms. universe pageant. but it is things for a business deal secondarily he meets vladimir putin. >> you need to have pertinent putin's permission to do anything in but he had to hook up with an oligarch friendly to putin. he starts tweeting out immediately could putin be my new be a five? >> watch after ascending at 9:0. >> monday on landmark cases to supreme court unanimously ruled that state law violated his first amendment rights. watch landmark cases, monday and join the conversation. we have resources on our website for background on each case. >> c-span, where history on full steel he, 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house and supreme court

afterwards,ght on journalist david corn and -- with their book, russian roulette. the election of donald trump. interviewed by joaquin castro of texas. >> the start of the book is the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that? for ayou were looking moment that the trump-russia story comes together, it is there. you have donald trump in moscow. he is there to provide -- to preside over the miss universe pageant. what is his real agenda? business deal. build a trump tower in moscow. , to meet vladimir putin. howalked moments ago about to build the tower, you needed to have putin's permission. but to do anything trump had to hook up with an oligarch. he starts tweeting out immediately in mid-2013, will putin be my new bff when i bring the contest to moscow? night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span's book tv. this weekend on american history

in russian roulette we quote a russian human rights activist who told us how he was threatened -- threatened by her telling him that she -- he would go to jail because she was working with the fsb and she was appreciate pressuring him over a business deal that was adverse to her client's interest, she said she was working with the fsb and would have the human rights activist put in jail if he didn't back off. the human rights activist fled the country and was granted political asylum by the obama administration. there is so much when you read the report that is missing. we have details in russian roulette that are absent in this report talking about the context for the trump tower meeting. in january 2015, trump himself met at trump tower with agalarov and rob goldstone, the two key players who set up the trump tower meeting. you'll find no reference to that in this house intelligence report that was released today. >> kind of remarkable. you would have hoped this report got us further in understanding members of congress are taking their responsibilities seriously. but certainly half of tha

eastern with a journalist on his book, russian roulette. co-founder matter with her book, when they call you a terrorist. and political commentator roger simon with his book i know best. how moral narcissism is destroying our republic. -- watch ourson coverage live on c-span2's book tv. sunday, a look back to the year of 1968 focuses on women's rights, the women's liberation movement challenged assumptions about womanhood. joining us to talk about women's rights in 1968 are deborah sklar, former college president and author of wonder women. and mona chair and, a syndicated columnist in washington, d.c. she is also the author of the upcoming book sex matters. how modern feminism lost touch with love and common sense. live on 8:30 a.m. eastern. on american history tv -- and on american history tv on c-span3. >> former first lady barbara 's bush has died. five years ago, mrs. bush sat down to discuss her marriage and life with george w. bush. and watching their son, george w become president in 2001. this is 45 minutes. -- >> barbara b

. >> tonight on afterwards, the book "russian roulette, the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump." joaquin interviewing castro of textures -- texas. >> how did you pick this as a starting point? >> if you were looking for a moment when the trump-russia story comes together, it was there. heald trump in moscow, and is there to preside over the miss universe pageant. but what is his real agenda? a business deal? to build a trump tower in moscow , and secondarily, a part of that is to meet vladimir putin. we talked a moment ago about helping build a tower. we needed to have prudent's permission -- putin's permission. to do anything with moscow, trump had to hook up with an oligarch. so he is already kind of in bed with this corrupt regime. he starts tweeting out immediately in mid-2013 -- will putin be my new bff? should i bring the contest moscow? wrecks watch afterwards, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> new york senator robert f. kennedy announced he was running for president on march 16, 1968. members ofal congress and two of hi

the book, "russian roulette" says then senate minority leader harry reid thought that brennan had "anlterior motive." during a congressional hearing last year, brennan claimed under oath that the cia didn't use information from the dossier to move the investigation forward. watch this. >> do you know if the bureau ever relied on the dossier as part of any court filings? applications, petitions, pleadings question marks pico i don't know. >> did the cia rely on it? >> no. >> why? >> because it wasn't part of the intelligence information we had. it was not in any way used as a basis for the community assessment that was done. >> martha: we have the author of that book, "russian roulette." michael, good evening. nice to have you back on the story. it appears that harry reid wrote a letter in august of 2017 after the convention saying evidence of a direct connection between the russian government and donald trump's presidential campaign continues to mount. you also say that reid had the impression that brennan hundred ulterior motive. he concluded that the cia believed the public needed t

building is the set and author investigative journalist country peter co-author of this book russian roulette the inside story of the war in america the election of donald trump. >> i am delighted to be here at the book festival which is an amazing experience. thousands of people here to celebrate books of all sizes and subjects and i'm tremendously thrilled to be here. we started this book in january of 2017 and spent about 13 months working on it. our goal was unclear but we had a storhavea story that was chana lost. what we thought is as early as a point we had already reported that we thought it needed further investigation but also a description that was a not justa daily news story. on this story and many others, keeping everything i ahead of the scope of any story is difficult so we put together a somewhat dramatic narrative explaining how the pieces fit together. we assembled what had been reported already. i don't know if the viewers know this but a book in a year is a pretty quick pace so what we did on the book hubris we started writing and editing immediately things we knew we wan

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it's pretty obvious. >> russian roulette. hell of a book. i love the cover. looks like a russian war poster. thank you. jared on the cover there. so strange. thank you, david corn, and thank you evelyn. we're going to need you a lot. there's so much of this russian stuff. crapola. president is itching for a trade war with china. if he goes through with it, it will hurt the very people that sent him to the white house. that could spell trouble with republicans heading into the november elections this year. this is "hardball" where the action is. and respond 60 times faster. it lets you know where your data lives, down to the very server. it keeps your insights from prying eyes, so they're used by no one else but you. it is... the cloud. the ibm cloud. the cloud that's built for all your apps. ai ready. secure to the core. the ibm cloud is the cloud for smarter business. secure to the core. mi'm evenarts win the kitchen. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. so i asked about tresiba®. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ tresiba® is a once-daily, long-acting insulin that last

the middle of that process by 17-year-old daughter am i think you're 16 at the time, said dad, russian roulette. >> does she get royalties? >> today she actually negotiated with me her terms and she wanted a subscription to the "new york times" crossword puzzle. i said okay. we're getting off cheap. >> everybody that reads this book will have their own answer to this question but but i thik it's important to ask the authors, so let me ask you, "russian roulette" is a book about what happened in the 2016 election and how a foreign power, russia, intervene in our election it a a much more sophisticated way than anybody realized at the time, and the impact it had on the election itself. >> also i would say there's a lot of back story. we trace what led up to that point in terms of you might call it a rise of the new cyber cold war, tensions between the united states and russia, and the development on the russian side of a strategy, a plan to basically wage information warfare on the west. not just the united states but a western liberal democracies to undermine democracy in the west. >> you guys c

"russian roulette." and ken dilanian, for keeping us honest here at nbc news on this one. >>> coming up, the house intelligence committee led by trump crony, crony, toady, devin nunes. nunes must mean something like knows nothing. didn't bother to fully investigate allegations of collusion between the trump campaign and russia. i noticed that. so why should anyone believe their so-called report released today? that there wasn't any collusion, that was their conclusion, no collusion. well, there's one person hailing that report. guess what, donald trump loves it. he loves what the republicans covered up. and now he's calling for an end to the investigation by the democrats and mueller. >>> plus, a your breakthrough today between the korean -- the koreas, as the leaders of north and south korea vow end to their war and denuclearize the korean peninsula. >>> and why do so many people in trump's orbit end up damaged goods? that's the question "the new york times is asking after a record number of trump assoc

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back to the metaphor of russian roulette.deer hunter when robert de niro was forced to play russian roulette? it's kind of like trade. you put four bullets in the chamber. in that case he shot all the vietnamese communist but the odds are very low. >> one thing i think we can do, which is realistic given the chinese th are the second larget economy, $12 trillion, this should not be in the category of emerging markets. they should be a developed market and be treated us such. having them in the category of emerging markets gives them many more benefits. >> who decides a? is that a wt oh call? >> yes. remember when the chinese were putting their currency in the international monetary fund, they demanded and ultimately the u.s. said yes, okay you can have that. but if you're going to be in that basket, you are in the basket of a developed market. let's put them in that category and that will change things. >> will this crisis passes. >> another crisis will take over this one. >> really. >> it always does. >> i think it will pass

sunday night on afterwards, david corn and michael isikoff with their book "russian roulette." the election of donald trump and putin in the war. book is the of the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. >> flies that the starting point? >> if you are looking for a moment that the trump russia story comes together, it is there. moscow, donald trump in and he is there to preside over the miss universe pageant. but what is his real agenda? business deal, to build a trump tower moscow, and secondarily, a part of that is to meet vladimir putin. we talked a moment ago of how to build a tower, you needed putin's permission. to do anything in moscow really, trump had to hook up with an oligarch. with thisady in bed corrupt regime, he started tweeting out immediately, will putin be my new bff? announcer: watch afterwards, sunday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span two's book tv. year, c-span eschewing cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look in our recent visit to norman oklahoma.

eastern with journalist david corn and his book russian roulette. the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump. coauthored by michael isa cof. black matters patrice with her book when they call i a terrorist, i black lives matter m memoir. and roger simon with i know best how moral narcissism is destroying our country. if it hasn't already. l.a. festival of books live on c-span 2's book tv. >>> the congressional budget office is forecasting that the budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by the year 2020 and that eight years later the total

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the challenge of a latino immigrant in the trumpcare a," and k trump era," sarin david corn, "russian roulette." then another book "when they call you a terrorist: a black atrisseatter memoir" by p khan-cullors. and roger simon was "i know best." festival ofmes" books come alive on c-span2. >> a look at changing demographics in the u.s. and the impact on politics and elections. we will hear reports by a number of think tanks, the bipartisan policy center, center for american progress, brookings and americanprri, enterprise institute partnered on

. >> david and michael isikoff authors of the book russian roulette thank you for being here.how did you come up with the

topping the list is peter's report on the business still made by political families after that, russian roulette look at the russian hackers attempting to influence the presidential election next, clinical psychologist jordan peterson self-help book followed by pretty mess. i mark manson's advice on leaving a happier life. this continues with the collection of stories to improve self-confidence. then, i've been thinking a collection of inspirational quotes, prayers from maria schreiber. wrapping up is brian with, there is more. >> if your mom read it what was her reaction to this. we were a made-for-tv family. when you called action you hit our marks and delivered our lines like pros we had the formulas down. >> it doesn't have a lot to do with my family but it is still them talk about the cosby show and when the cosby show came out a lot of people sever finally on tv. to parents are professionals and in many ways the first time we saw ourselves in that particular way on tv. pop culture is important to the main character. so a relationship with the cosby shows a way of talking about the lie behi

unanswered questions here this is too much winging it going on for lack of a better term this is russian roulette why are we going down this road for assad who has been marginalized internationally ok he did a chemical attack on his people he didn't do it on another country were not invited into syria there are still shoddy evidence as to whether it was actually the syrians in the first place were willing to do this and do this gamble without hard evidence without the word absolute proof being put involved here i think it's a fool's errand i think you're seeing the brits now getting cold feet if there is such a great ally why aren't they on board with the president mr president whatever you want to do we're with you apparently those days are over because now we have gone from a nerve agent attack on a double agent which was retired for a number of years to being absolute proved by the brits to all of a sudden the brits saying well wait a minute we're not really sure about what's going on in syria or to many unanswered questions not enough questions being asked on capitol hill we're in dangerous t

on sunday, our live coverage booknues at 1:30 with the "russian roulette." co-founder matter with her book "when they call you a terrorist." and political commentator roger simon with his book "i know best ." watch our weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual l.a. festival of books live on c-span two's book tv. >> this month on c-span we feature our student camera contest winners. high schoolers to choose a provision of the u.s. constitution and explain why it is important to them. graderst winners are 12 from whitefish bay high school

‘may‘s russian roulette', says the sunday mirror.tin, who has warned about ‘consequences'. the mail on sunday also pictures a missile — it has a comment from president trump, who tweeted ‘mission accomplished', following the attacks. ‘locked and loaded‘, says the sunday telegraph, as president trump says he‘s ready to launch further strikes against syria‘s bashar al—assad. the people pictures the aftermath of one of those missile strikes, with the headline, ‘we‘ll strike again‘. the sunday times focuses on survivors of a suspected chemical attack in syria. it pictures a seven—year—old girl, who described the conditions she was caught up in. let‘s talk through the papers, which are very much dominated by syria. pages and pages of coverage in every paper. let‘s start with the sunday telegraph. i suppose from the sunday papers point of view, it was a story that broke on saturdays so quite unusually for the sunday papers, they have a lot of hard news to get their teeth into. yes, exactly, and a lot of ramifications, especially that this

followed by russian roulette. a look at the russian hackers. after that, after and i'll be gone in the dark, the late true crime journalists michelle mcnamara's search for the golden state killer who is responsible for a dozen murders and 50 sexual assaults in california during the 70s and 80s. this wieners position. a look at some of the best-selling books according to the new york's time continues with educated. in seventh is barber's thoughts on the fear of death, natural causes followed by the report on business deals made by prominent political families and secret empires. wrapping up some of the books from the new york times, jeff benedict biography of professional golfer, tiger woods, and firing fear he. some of the authors have or will appear a book to be after the programs have aired you can watch them on the website, booktv.org. >> the annual annapolis book festival continues with an author discussion on artificial intelligence. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> welcome. this is our last panel to finish out the day. we'll be talk

." >> tonight, journalists with their book "russian roulette: the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump." they are interviewed by representative watching castro castro of- joaquin texas. >> if you were looking for a moment that the trump russia , it'scomes together there. he is there in moscow to preside over the miss universe pageant, but he is therefore a business ,eal, to build a trump tower and secondarily, part of that is to meet vladimir putin. we talked a moment ago about how to build a tower, you needed to have putin's permission, but to do anything in moscow really, trump had to hook up with an oligarch. he is already in bed with this corrupt regime. >> watch "afterwords" tonight at 9:00 p.m. >> now, montana governor steve bullock speaks to a group of democrats at a fundraiser for the attorney general of iowa, tom miller.

generalists -- journalists with their book "russian roulette: the inside story of the election of donald rump." >> the start of the book is the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that as a starting point? >> if you were looking for a moment the trump russia story comes together, it's really there. donald trump in moscow. he's there to preside over the miss universe, but what is his real agenda? it's for a business deal, to build a trump tower and moscow, and secondarily, a little part of that is to meet vladimir putin. talked a moment ago about how to build a tower, you needed permission, but to do anything in moscow, really, trump had to hook up with an all dark, in this case, and all of dark putin -- hook up case,n oligarch, in this and oligarch friendly to putin. >> tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern s "booktv."o >> this year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our recent visit to norman, oklahoma. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> this house was named after ore and harry lin

eastern with a journalist with "russian roulette".lack lives matter co-founder with her book "when they call you a terrorist". and political commentator roger same within his book "i know best how moral narcissism is destroying our republic if it hasn't already". watch the festival of books on book tv, on c-span2. >>> next a discussion on the future of the iran nuclear deal ahead of president trump's may 12th deadline to revise or pull out of the agreement. panelists looked at possible implications if the u.s. were to withdraw from the deal and how that discussion would impact the upcoming talks with north korea. held by the hudson institution, this is an hour and a half. >>> i hope everybody is having a good day. thank you for coming to the hudson institute today. thank you c-span for being here, and today we should have an interesting panel talking about the implications of walking away from the jcpoa, the impact on allies and adversaries. if you see the photo that we used here at hudson for the event, mr. president, that the not ou

. >> sunday night on "afterwards" journalists with their book " russian roulette: the story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump" there interviewed by a democratic representative from texas. >> the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that? >> if you are looking for a moment that the trump-russia story comes together, it's their. trump in moscow. he is there to preside over the miss universe pageant. what is his real agenda? to meet a part that is vladimir putin. we talked a moment ago about the towers. you needed to have putin's permission, to do anything in moscow really. trump had to hook up with an oligarch, in this case an oligarch friendly to put in. he's already in debt with this trump regime. he starts tweeting immediately new013, "will go to be my bff?" sundaynd "afterwards" night on c-span twos book tv. year, c-span is touring cities across the country exploring american history. next, a look at our visit to norman, oklahoma. you're watching

. >> tonight on afterwards, journalist david warren and michael isikoff with their book, russian roulette the insight during putin's war on america and the election of donald trump or they are interviewed by representative joaquin castro of texas. >> started the book is 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. >> if you are looking for a moment that the term precious story comes together, it is really there. you have donald trump in moscow and these they are to preside over the miss universe pageant. it's a real agenda for a business deal to build a trump tower in moscow and secondarily, a part of that is to meet by damir pruden. we talked a moment ago about how to build a tower. you needed to have putin's permission. but to do anything in moscow really, trump had to hook up with an oligarch, in this case friendly to putin. he's arty kind of dingbat with his corrupt regime. he starts tweeting out immediately in mid-2013 will he be my new bss if i bring this to moscow? >> my name is ed houghton. i'm an historian and curator. how many of you are here for the very first time? wow. extra special

report on business deals made by prominent political families, secret empire spirit after that, russian roulette, you look at the russian hackers attempting to influence the 2015 u.s. presidential election by michael isikoff and david corn. next is clinical psychologist jordan peterson self-help locus followed by a pretty mask him him him more from real housewife erika jayne. and mark manson's advice on meeting a happier life. i look at some of the best-selling books that the "washington post" continues with a collection of stories to improve self-confidence from jensen shirov. next is educated. recount of her childhood in the idaho mountains in her first to formal education at the age of 17. then it is i've been thinking comic collection of inspirational quotes, prayers and reflections for maria shriver followed by gary chaplin's the five love languages. wrapping up a look at some of the books of the "washington post" nonfiction bestseller list is pastor brian houston went there is more. some of these authors have or will be appearing on both tv. after the programs have aired, you can watch the

it's like playing russian roulette with five shells and a gun.e's on comedy shows web's on "the view," he's on he network. the book is already sold. to a certain extent he's not enhancing his own reputation and certainly not the agency's. david: what happened is we see that the book contradicts what he was writing at the time of the memos. ed: his own excuse contradicts what he said about the hillary premise. david: i think if i bought a comey book on monday, i would want a refund on friday. ed: what clear to me is he had a strategy, and he's a good strategist. if i did get fired, here is how i'm going to do it. the idea you call one of of your friend, a college professor and give them four memos to leak as opposed having the guts to say this is the story, and change the classification to me is just -- it goes right to his integrity. david: rudy giuliani, the former mayor of new york. he had some nice things to say about mr. mueller. he said not on is he a man of integrity, but working with him we should be able to wrap this thing up in a couple

and david corn is the bureau chief for mother jones and co author of russian roulette, the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of donald trump. he's an msnbc political analyst. jill, let me start with you, the idea that the president is getting ready to sit down with donald trump as early in the planning stages as that may be, first of all, would that be donald trump and his team's decision, and if so, what does that tell you? >> first of all, i think it's interesting they're saying its in its infancy in preparation and it's short and informal, which is exactly what you would expect from a president who doesn't read and doesn't have a very big attention span. no it isn't his choice. he can ask anyone he wants, the president would have to invoke a fifth amendment privilege. which he would keep with him. there is no protection if he committed a crime. >> let's talk a little bit about this. >> in january donald trump told reporters he would look forward to sitting down for an interview with robert mueller, let's listen to what he said. >> are you going to talk to muelle

>> sunday night on "after words," journalist david corn and michael ikzoff with their book "russian roulette, the inside story of putin's war on america and the election of drew. "they are interviewed by democrat inrepresentative joaquin castro of texas. >> the start of the book is the 2013 miss universe pageant in moscow. how did you pick that as a starting point? >> because, if you were looking for a moment that the trump/russia story comes together, it's really there. you have donald trump in moscow, and he's there to preside over the miss universe pageant, but what is his real agenda? it's for a business deal to build a trump tower in moscow, and secondarily, although a part of that, is to meet vladimir putin. >> we talked a moment ago about how to build a tower. you needed to have putin's permission, but to do anything in moscow really, you know, trump had to hook up with an oligarch, in this case a oligarch friendly to putin, so he's already kind of in bed with this corrupt regime. he starts tweeted out immediately in mid-2013 will putin be my new bff when i bring the contest to moscow

eastern with journalists in the book russian roulette. black lights matter cofounder with her book, when they call you a terrorist. a black lights matter more. political commentator with his book, i know best, how moral narcissism is destroying our republic. watch our weekend long coverage of the 22nd annual la times festival of books live on c-span2 book tv. >> earlier today california governor jerry brown spoke at the national press club on several issues. this included immigration, border security and climate change. this is one hour. >> , wha[inaudible conversation] >> we will get started. so, good morning. welcome to the national press club, the place where news happens. i am ondrea, editor at bloomberg's and the 111th president of the national press club. joining us for today's headlining use maker is california governor jerry brown. in the final year of his term in office and with the distinction of being the longest serving governor in us history. >> i am not sure about that. i think the guy from iowa. >> we shall see. >> longest

we'll talk to the co-authors of the number one "new york times" best-seller russian roulette. note, tonight on "nbc nightly news," former attorney general loretta lynch speaks out to lester holt in an exclusive wide-ranging interview on her airplane meeting with president bill clinton during the 2016 campaign. she's going to talk about that meeting. and her relationship -- >> by the way, lester's interview not on that airplane. >> no. and her relationship with former fbi director james comey. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. david. what's going on? oh hey! ♪ that's it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congratulations on your acceptance..." through the tuition assistance program, every day mcdonald's helps more people go to college. it's part of our commitment to being america's best first job. ♪ when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry

eastern with journalist david corn and his book russian roulette, the story of vladimir putin's war on america and the election of donald trump. black lives matter's cofounder with her book when they call you a terrorist, a black lives matter memoir. and political commentator roger simon with his book i know best, how narcissism is destroying our republic if it hasn't already. .. [inaudible conversations] >> hello. hi, everyone. thanks for coming out tonight. a quickly meaned -- quick reminder to, please, silence your cell phone or any noise-making devices you might have. we're very happy to welcome c-span booktv here tonight filming this event for later

state madeleine all right warning about the rising fascist tactics by world leaders followed by russian roulette, a look at russian hackers attempted to influence the 2016 presidential election by journalist michael is a cough . after that, physicist neil degrasse tyson's astrophysics forpeople in a hurry and i'll be gone in the dark . true prime journalist show mcnamara's first-hand account of research for the golden state killer. who was responsible for a dozen murders and 50 sexual assault in california during the 70s and 80s. in fifth, swedish physician on throttling rights on human progress. a look at some of the best-selling books according to the new york times continues with educated, tara westover's account of her childhood in the idaho mountains and her first introduction to formal education at the age of 17. in seventh is barbara ehrenreich's thoughts on the fear of death, natural causes followed by journalist peter sweitzer's report on the business deals made by prominent political families in secret empires. wrappingup our look at some of the books from the new york times nonfiction