next, syndicated columnist salena zito and gop strategist at brad todd on their books "the great revolt" looks at the swing states that supported president trump and what it means for future elections. they were interviewed on serious xm radio in washington, d.c.. this is just under one hour. [applause] >> thank you and welcome to washington. i'm david with washington examiner, but we are here to talk to brad todd and salena zito, the authors of "a great revolt," and it is a heck of a book imploring both the kind of anecdotes that really tell you who the voters are and what motivates them with the kind of data that can help you extrapolate from what they are actually going to do and why they are going to do it. it's the kind of thing that i think the so-called experts that know nothing like me want to get their hands on to try to understand what is happening in the national politics today. i want to dive right in and talk about the book. salena, the book opens with you spending some time in the middle of the night with bonnie smith in jefferson and i just want to set this up. you went w

from picking to packing salena coffee is harvested roasted and produced in ethiopia the northeast african country has a long coffee tradition ethiopians don't just drink lots of coffee they also know how to roast it roll green beans fetch around four euros per kilo roasted and package they fetch at least twice that the selenium company in germany only does the marketing around sixty jobs have been created and another forty second re jobs doing things like printing the labels the concept take fair trade to a whole new level. this can be applied to other products as well take for example. usually exports as a raw product and only as a raw product but they could make shoes out of the land and sell them which would create more jobs it's good for. the business model doesn't just work for ethiopia it also works at selena's base if the shipments keep increasing the way they are right now the project will also generate profits for selena back home in hamburg. birth. home moves of species. a home worth saving and. yet most of those are big changes and most start with small steps or big global idea

i'm david with washington examiner, but we are here to talk to brad todd and salena zito, the authors of "a great revolt," and it is a heck of a book imploring both the kind of anecdotes that really tell you who the voters are and what motivates them with the kind of data that can help you extrapolate from what they are actually going to do and why they are going to do it. it's the kind of thing that i think the so-called experts t

the authors are salena zito and brad todd. thanks so much for joining us, this is serious xm's potus channel, go pick up a copy, read it, market up and keep it handy. it is going to help. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you all for coming. >> there are books right outside the studio. >> i don't know. .. the press fell in love with bobby kennedy was exactly what the press is looking for today in a candidate. as is the public. it was a candidate who was authentic. it was somebody the political press featuring discussions on world war iiho the works progress ministration and baseball. visit books tv.com. they talk about escaping death threats in and the war in yemen with the help of interfaith activist. also this weekend journalists krista lawless and the effect it's having on our bodies. computer scientists in a philosopher argues against the use of social media they advanced into enemy -controlled parts. that is all this we can on book tv on c-span two. for complete schedule visit book tv.org. we kick off the week

would rather see themselves as bargain hunters than as tightfisted no one wants to be accused of mind salena us but in fact it's a very human characteristic so was the line between thrifty and miserly. that's the question i put to the whole and i as a professor of business studies at one university in southern germany he's researching the effect of obsessive penny pinching on the economy it's not only the average consumer who stingy entrepreneurs also want to save as much money as possible. but what happens when business people get stingy griffin fund for not be invested we've found that this tendency for extreme frugality can actually be very bad for business because there's a saying in english penny wise and pound foolish and this means that when someone is always frugal stingy about the little things they lose sight of the bigger picture and can miss opportunities for success and think was enough for. the mantra for companies is often increase efficiency and cut costs no matter the consequence intensify workloads while optimizing workflow make your workforce as lean and efficient as possi

salena, economic growth numbers since 2014 does this make the president bulletproof?ews. for people that voted for him they take a look at this and reaffirms why they -- for some of them stuck their neck out to vote for him. and for others why they -- this confirms what they believe that he was going to do. in thati they don't like these sort of multi-national deals. they like these sort of bilateral deals, when he makes some of these trade moves you see the economy growing through the tax cuts and throughÑi deregulation and through energy growing, they're happy. they're very happyÑiu . check and get that balance that is the challenge that republicans face how much do yot independents and unhappy republicans. how much are they motivated to show up and put those brake pedals on? >> i just wonder, you talk about family unification, talk about the trade issues these are not things that directly affect the every day life of an overwhelming majority of americans. they don't live by the detention center. they're not an immigrant. they're not a farmer. there's no issue right