>> on "after words" temple university professor examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis. and at 11:00, henry ol'son at the ethics and pock policy center look ted policy of presidents franklin roosevelt ronald reagan. that happens tonight on booktv. >> good afternoon. welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm julian. a resident and a member of the democratic central committee representing district 16 which income pats the city of rockville and gaithersburg is pleased to bring you this event. when you see our volunteers, please take time to say thanks. like to get right to this event here but first. please silence all your devices. 'll wait. i'll wait. go ahead. silence all devices. thank you. and if you're on social media today, and we hope you are, please use the hash tag gbf, gathersburg book festival. your feedback is valuable to us, so there will be surveys available here at our tent and on our web site. by submitting a survey you'll be entered interest a drawing to win a $100 visa gift card. so i encourage each onor thank you to enter the survey. at the end of t

at 9 pm, kimball university professor keith davis examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis, glad president and ceo. bennett 10, rice university history professor john bowles recalls the life of founding father thomas jefferson from his formative years in virginia to his work on the declaration of independence and his presidency and at 11, it's the robert caro prize for literary excellence in the writing of history. that will happen tonight on c-span2's book tv. >> director of the florida university of press in new york, what books do you have coming out this fall? >> to parts which is our regional imprint and one is a worldly affair: new york and the united nations, their unlikely relationship. it's talking about how the un founded a space in new york amongst some controversy and then joni deland cemented its place in its current location . there's a couple cool sidebars like a service to the public, you can make a reservation 42 hours in advance and the original poem of the general secretary flushing in queens now to the inner-city. >> we have this neat thing in the hudson

by davis is interviewed sarah ellis, glad president and ceo. >> only talk about discrimination, we arealking about something different, which is about the predicate of those stereotypes. what you so much about should and should not do as a man or woman, but you get to belong to the category of man or woman in the first place. i think that is an important distinction to drop. -- two draw. transgender people experience sexism, but when i point out in goingok is something else on we talk about transgender discrimination, which is sex identity discrimination, which is about belonging to the categories themselves. >> you put forward in this book that we should eliminate those categories. from a birth certificate to college or professional level sports and everything in between. watch "afterwards" sunday night at nine a 4 p.m. eastern on c-span two. thursday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, joint american history tv for a live tour of the museum of the american revolution in philadelphia. the president and ceo and vice president will introduce artifacts and exhibits throughout the museum, including geo

he is interviewed by sarah ellis ceo of clad. our holiday schedule features secretary of state condoleezza right, author of democracy. author and historian david mccullough on the american spirit, senator mike lee with his book, the forgotten sounding fathers. also author of talking back, talking black and authors of sisters first to discuss their lives in forthcoming book. also, with the help of our comcast cable partner, book tv visits portland oregon to explore the city's history and literary culture. that is just a few of the programs and authors you will see on this four-day weekend of book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. first up, here is leland melvin. >> all right. good evening everybody.

davis is interviewed by sarah ellis, glad president and ceo. >> when we are talking about transgender discrimination we are talking about something different witches about the -- we're talking but something different which is, it is not about what you should or shouldn't do as a man or woman but do you belong to the category of man or woman in the first place? i think that is an important distinction to draw. transgender people, like anyone experiencing -- they experience sexism. but i try to point out the book is that there is something else going on when we talk about transgender discrimination, which is about the longing to the categories themselves. >> right here at you put forward in this book that we should eliminate those categories. in a lot of different places. tom a birth certificate college or professional level and everything in between or most things in between. >> watch after words sunday night on c-span2's book tv. next, on the presidency, the massachusetts historical society in boston host a discussion about john quincy adams 's and views on slavery with readings from

. >> on "after words" temple university professor examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis and at 11:00, henry ol'son at the ethics and pock policy center look ted policy of presidents franklin roosevelt ronald reagan. that happens tonight on booktv. >> good afternoon. welcome to the gaithersburg book festival. i'm julian. a resident and a member of the democratic central committee representing district 16 which income pats the city of rockville and

10 p.m., temple university professor heath davis examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis, glaad president and ceo. and at 11, henry olson looks at the policies of presidents franklin d. roosevelt and ronald reagan. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to the national press club. i'm jonathan salant, the washington correspondent of the star ledger and a past president of the club. columnist george will once said that the late senator daniel patrick moynihan of new york wrote more books than most senators had read. today's guest, former house speaker newt gingrich, has written even more books than senator moynihan. but remember, there are four times more house members than there are senators. speaker ing given is -- gingrich is here to talk about his latest book, "understanding trump." we'll speak for about 20 minutes and then take audience. if you have not previously purchased a book, please do so now. proceeds benefit the national press club journalism institute that does journalism trading and he

10 p.m., temple university professor heath davis examines gender identity in an interview with sarah ellis and ceo. and at 11, henry olson looks at the policies of presidents franklin d. roosevelt and ronald reagan. that all happens tonight on c-span 2's booktv. [inaudible conversations] [applause] >> good morning, and welcome to the national press club. jo

joining me now white house correspondent for washington examiner sarah westwood and alex hamlin, so, ellisll start with you. scaramucci doesn't have the experience spicer had, but he did look comfortable up there at the podium. he also is a showman just like the president, of course. he speaks with those big hand gestures. he even blew the president and the press corps a kiss at the end of the briefing. >> he clearly learned rule number one which is love donald trump. >> how big of a a deal is this with a white house that's had a messaging problem up until now? >> but not since -- have we had someone who loved his leader in the same way. donald trump had done 11 holes in one the last time he played golf. i don't know who this -- except for donald. but it is wrong to think of mooch as the new communication director of the white house because donald trump will always be the communications director in the white house. >> well, and we heard mooch, as he likes to be called affectionately. >> i'm trying. >> that is scaramucci's nickname and he embraces that. he has even said in this first press

he's interviewed by sarah ellis, president and ceo of glad. and our holiday schedule features former secretary of state condoleezza rice, author of democracy, author and historian david mccullough on the american spirit, senator mike lee when his latest book written out of history, the forgotten founding fathers to five big government, john mcwhorter, author of talking back, talking black. and janet bush hager, author of sisters first sits down to discuss their lives in forthcoming book. also, this weekend with the help of our comcast cable partner book tv visits portland, oregon, to explore the city's history and literary culture. that's a few of the programs and authors you will see on this four-day weekend of book tv as he sent to. its television for serious readers. for a complete schedule, visit book tv.org. >> former president bill clinton recently shared his thoughts on what he calls the most important political book of the last decade. >> you know what that exhibit is that the clinton presidential center right now? extreme bugs. [laugh