sharon weinberger is about to begin. her book is: "the imagineers of war: the untold story of darpa. >> good afternoon. welcome to gaithersburg book festival. my name is mark korman a state legislator from district 16. gaithersburg is a city that supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring the fabulous event thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. when you see them i hope you will say thanks. please is silence your devices and if you're on social media today please use the #gbs. feedback is valuable and surveys are available here and on our website. by submitting a survey will be entered into a drawing for hundred dollars visa gift card and i hope you all put that in. our author will sign books immediately after this presentation and copies are on sale to your right. quick word about buying books, this is a free event, but it helps the book festival if you buy a book and the more books you buy the more books the festival cells in the more publishers will want to send their

[inaudible conversations] >> you just heard from sharon weinberger on the pentagon agency darpa. in a few minutes we will be back with more from the gaithersburg book festival. [train horn] >> books being published this week. look for these titles in bookstores this week and many authors in the future on booktv@c-span2. >> a great sense of humor, a lot of jokes and stories, so much humor. he usually used it to make a bigger point. and to put people at ease. and pretty nervous. and often use humor. and stories make a significant point. we need to realize humor is an important component. i don't say by a joke book or anything. you can take the role seriously, without taking yourself too seriously. ronald reagan was excellent at using self-deprecating humor making himself the butt of the joke. didn't take himself too seriously and that allowed people around him to relax and of people around him were relaxed they were in their best work out. i was not terrified the guillotine was going to fall working for this man. he surrounded us with such an era of acceptance and appreciation and

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sharon weinberger at 12:15, aboutsing her book darpa. eastern, craig shirley. then, sidney blumenthal, author of "wrestling with his angels," and at 3:15, sally mark freeman on the jersey brothers. coverage lives all day of the gaithersburg, maryland book fair, starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. on "q&a," author and journalist tr reid takes a comparative look at tax systems around the world. >> i went to the world bank and imf and said, who has a good tax system? they said go to new zealand. new zealand followed the fundamental principle of good taxation, which the economists blr.ced to b that means broaden the base to lower the rates. said your salary, that his income, if you are an employer that pays health insurance, that his income to you. if you get free parking at the company, that is worth $20 per month. they text that as income. no deductions. you want to give to charity, we are all for it, but we do not give you a tax break. if you tax everything and give no write-offs, then you can set the rates very low. 8:00 easternht at

our author this afternoon is sharon weinberger in the book is: "the imagineers of war: the untold story of darpa" this is sharon's third book and also her third what i will call long form exploration of the practices of defense. she began her career as a defense analysts and became a journalist and author shifting her eye inward in which she has been working and she is now the executive editor on foreign-policy that you confine on foreign-policy.com. the advanced research project agency has a pretty solid reputation especially for those who know its background especially like the birth of the background, but sharon's book digs deeper exploring darpa from its birth to the present and some of its less successful work including research funded related atmospheric belt of radiation to deter nuclear weapons, counterinsurgency practices in vietnam and superhuman soldiers that could survive on bus food and sleep that's currently possible. it's a multifaceted story with a lot of fanciful failures in an agency in search of a mission, but what's the most impresses is if you get to the back of the

author sharon weinberger attacking about her book "the imagine nears of war: the untold story of darpa." and craig shirley on "reagan rising: the decisive years, 1976 to 1980." and sydney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." brothers."he jersey watch ourive, all-day goverpblg of the gaithersburg book festival. book tv on c-span2. >> joining us for a conversation on brexit and transatlantic relations -- relations, and formf vote leave, matthew elliott. good morning. guest: good morning. host: could you remind viewers of vote leave when it comes to brexit, in your role in it. officialere was an leave campaign and an official remain campaign, and vote leave was the official leave campaign. host: what convinced you leaving the opinion was the best up for the 90 kingdom? guest: -- united kingdom? guest: when david cameron brought it up, i was open to try to getting a different -- better deal, but he did not get much in his negotiation. no power was brought back to the u.k. we are in a situation where 60% of the laws from the -- of the u.k.

this afternoon is sharon weinberger, the book is "the imagineers of war: the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world." this is sharon's third book longform explanation of the research weapons and practices of the department of defense. sharon began her career as an analyst and became a journalist and author ship name to the establishment of what she's been working. sharon is now the executive policy. they deal in more ushering great morning briefing a few on everything and don't have time to find it all yourself. the research project agencyrc darpa had a pretty solid reputation especially for denizens of the d.c. area is no spat on and contribute to things like internet in gps.oubu sharon's book is much, muchplor deeper exploring from america'ss first space agency to the president and some of its less successful were concluding research related to act debating an atmosphere of relative nucle radiation, counterinsurgencydie practices in vietnam andd superhuman soldiers who could survive unless good insight than is currently biologically possible. it's a multifac

goodman, author of whistleblower at the end -- at the cia, author sharon weinberger at 12:15 p.m.t 1:15 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising, the decisive years, 1976 to 1980. at 2:15 p.m., the author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. 3:15, sally freeman on the jersey brothers, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage of the gaithersburg, maryland book festival starting today at 10:00 eastern on c-span two's book tv. >> washington journal continues. host: joining us now is rush the ceo of the american association for the advancement of science. he is also a former congressman from new jersey. thes here to talk about future of federal scientific advisory boards under the trump administration's epa and interior departments. thank you so much for joining us. guest: good to be with you. host: let's start by explaining to our viewers what the american association for the advancement of dance is -- of science is. guest: we're the largest general science organization. we go back

author sharon weinberger attacking about her book "the imagine nears of war: the untold story of darpa." and craig shirley on "reagan rising: the decisive years, 1976 to 1980." and sydney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." brothers."he jersey watch ourive, all-day goverpblg of

sharon weinberger at 12:15 discusses her book, the imagine years of war, the untold story of darpa, theentagon agency that change the world. at 1:15, craig shirley on reagan rising, 1976 to 1980. at 2:15, sidney blumenthal, author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. at 3:15, sally mark freeman on , a missingbrothers naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our all-day coverage of the gaithersburg, maryland book festival saturday at 10:00 a.m. .astern on c-span2's booktv >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back in open phones. your thoughts on any debates happening around the country, we will go to chris

at 10:35, melvin goodman author of "whistleblower of the kraimt yts" author sharon weinberger at 12:15 p.m. discussion her book "the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world". at 1:0015 eastern, "the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980". at 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> next, the inspector general for the transportation department gives an update on the federal aviation administration's nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellite-based air traffic control system. other topics include whether the air traffic control system should be partially private advertised. congressman bill shuster chairs the

author sharon weinberger at 12:15 a.m. discussing her book "the imagine years of war -- imagineers of war." craig shirley on "reagan rising." blumenthal,ney author of "wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." the:15, sally freeman on jersey brothers, a missing naval offir in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. at 10:00 a.m.y eastern on book tv. los angeles mayor eric garcetti spoke tuesday at a conference. this part of the event also includes a discussion about economic growth in the workforce with senator jeff merkley of oregon. >> please welcome to the stage -- [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i am the president of the center for american progress and i am thrilled to welcome you to the 2017 ideas conference. we are thrilled to have people from all over the country here for our third conference. i think many of you know i am user so active twitter i encourage you to eat of -- tweet about today's event. the center for american progress is dedicated to improving the lives of

sharon weinberger 12:15 p.m.ssing her book the imagine years of war, the untold story of the pentagon agency that changed the world. 1:15 p.m. eastern craig shirley on dragon rising, but if-- decisive years. 2:15 p.m., sidney blumenthal, author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. 3:15 p.m. sally mark freeman on the jersey brothers coming missing naval officer in the pacific and his friend-- family's quest to bring him home. watch live all day coverage of the maryland book festival starting saturday, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. >> this past weekend sender chris murphy held a town hall meeting internet-- connecticut. his constituents asked about health care, trump ties to russia and the justice department criminal said theme guidelines. this is an hour and a half. [applause]. [applause]. >> sitdown. sitdown. thank you, everyone. that's very very nice. i have a massive cold and it that makes me feel better today. i feel more well given the introduction. thank you martin.

sharon weinberger is about to begin. her book is: "the imagineers of war: the untold story of darpa. >> good afternoon. welcome to gaithersburg book festival. my name is mark korman a state legislator from district 16. gaithersburg is a city that supports the arts and humanities and we are pleased to bring the fabulous event thanks in part to the generous support of our sponsors and volunteers. when you see them i hope you will say thanks. please is silence your devices and if you're on social media today please use the #gbs. feedback is valuable and surveys are available here and on our website. by submitting a survey will be entered into a drawing for hundred dollars visa gift card and i hope you all put that in. our author will sign books immediately after this presentation and copies are on sale to your right. quick word about buying books, this is a free event, but it helps the book festival if you buy a book and the more books you buy the more books the festival cells in the more publishers will want to send their

author sharon weinberger 12:15 pm discussing her book the imagine years of war.e untold story of -- the pentagon agency to change the world. at 115 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising to decisive years. 1976 to 1980. at 2:15 pm, sidney blumenthal author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15 pm sally mott freeman on the jersey brothers, a naval officer in the pacific in his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all-day coverage of the gaithersburg maryland book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2's booktv. quest nest the conversation potential economic implications our proposed tax plans from president trump and house republicans. topics include the corporate tax rate, us competitiveness and federal debt. the event was hosted by the cato institute.

sharon weinberger at 12:15 discussing her book, the imaginers of war, the untold story of darpa. at 1:15 eastern, craig shirley on reagan rising, the decisive years. 1976 to 1980. at 2:15, sidney blumenthal. the political life of abraham lincoln. 1849 to 1856. at 3:15, sally freeman. his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live, all day coverage of the book festival. starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on cspan 2's book tv. >> sunday night on afterwards, stuart taylor examines sexual assault processes at america's units. mr. taylor is interviewed by beth, editor and chief of the thashl law journey and medical times. >> what's your general thesis that we're look iing at here? what are we going dob reading about when we open the majors? >> the gist is that there's been a huge myth that's taken root. that there's an epidemic of camera tuss rape. there's a culture of campus rape, where it's encouraged and condoned, even by the administrators, that it's out of control, that it's increasing, that it's worse on campus than off and that it requires completely demolishing all

sharon weinberger 12:15 p.m. discussing her book the imagine years of war, the untold story of the pentagon agency that changed the world. 1:15 p.m. eastern craig shirley on dragon rising, but if-- decisive years. 2:15 p.m., sidney blumenthal, author of wrestling with his angels, the political life of abraham lincoln. 3:15 p.m. sally mark freeman on the jersey brothers coming missing naval officer in the pacific and his friend-- family's quest to bring him home. watch live all day coverage of the maryland book festival starting saturday, 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2 book tv. >> this past weekend sender chris murphy held a town hall meeting internet-- connecticut. his constituents asked about health care, trump ties to russia and the justice department criminal said theme guidelines. this is an hour and a half. [applause]. [applause]. >> sitdown. sitdown. thank you, everyone. that's very very nice. i have a massive cold and it that makes me feel better today. i feel more well given the introduction. thank you mar

author sharon weinberger at 12:15 a.m. discussing her book "the imagine years of war -- imagineers of war." craig shirley on "reagan rising." blumenthal,ney author of "wrestling with his angels: the political life of abraham lincoln." the:15, sally freeman on jersey brothers, a missing naval offir in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. at 10:00 a.m.y eastern on book tv. los angeles mayor eric garcetti spoke tuesday at

at 10:35, melvin goodman author of "whistleblower of the kraimt yts" author sharon weinberger at 12:15 p.m. discussion her book "the imagine nears of war, the untold story of darpa, the pentagon agency that changed the world". at 1:0015 eastern, "the decisive years, 1970 stoichl 1980". at 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. and at 3:15, a missing naval officer in the pacific and his family's quest to bring him home. watch our live all day coverage of the book festival starting saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2's book tv. >>> next, the inspector general for the transportation department gives an update on the federal aviation administration's nextgen projects to modernize and change to a satellite-based air traffic control system. other topics include whether the air traffic control system should be partially private advertised. congressman bill shuster chairs the committee. >> the committee will come to order. i now recognize mr. lobe and doe for a motion. >> pursuant to rule 1 a 1 of the rules committee on transportation infrastruc

author sharon weinberger discovering-- discussing her book. @1:15 p.m. eastern craig shirley on reagan rising the decisive years, 1976 to 1980. 2:15 p.m. sidney blumenthal, the political life of abraham lincoln 1849 to 1856. 3:15 p.m. sally mauch freeman on the jersey brothers, a missing a blockbuster in the pacific and his family quest to bring him home. watcher live all-day coverage of the maryland book festival starting today at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> this morning i want to begin by introducing you to someone from our book and that is kim power bridges. kim owns and operates bridges funeral home in tennessee, but she is not from tennessee. kim is actually from oklahoma. she started her first business there, but she had to leave oklahoma when she ran afoul of the law. turns out that kim was engaged in a very dangerous practice of selling caskets without a funeral directors license. before that in the early 1980s kim was on the executive fasttrack growing up in a family of hard-working people to learned the relationship between ha