a" withr: next, "q and author and writer sheelah kolhatkar. then british prime minister theresa may takes questions from the rich house of commons. after that, talk about supreme court nor many -- supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. ♪ announcer: thiweek on "q&a, "new yorker" writer sheelah kolhatkar discusses her book "black edge, inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street." host: sheelah kolhatkar, author of "black h," who is stephen telling? >> he continues to be a legendary figure

. >> next, q&a with authority and new yorker staff writers sheelah kolhatkar. then it is prime minister theresa may takes questions from members of the house of commons. after that, a look at legal decisions by supreme court nominee judge neil gorsuch. ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," "new yorker" writer sheelah kolhatkar discusses her book "black edge: inside information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street." ♪

information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street." ♪ brian: sheelah kolhatkarthor of "black edge," who is stephen cohen? sheelah: he continues to be a legendary figure in the financial world. he built up an enormous fortune on the basis of his incredible skill for trading. he had a really strong instinct for the stock market. he would sit behind his screens and look at the way stocks were trading every day and was believed to have this intuitive, incredible sense of how to ride the waves in the market and make money. he has this very compelling, almost a rags-to-riches story. he grew up very middle-class in great neck, long island, an affluent town. this family had less money than a lot of others around him. i think from an early age, he saw the hunger to become rich. he was very good at playing poker in high school. he went to wharton, a famous business school, and launched his hedge fund in 1992, and quickly built up a multibillion-dollar fortune, and he has the lifestyle to match. a 36,000 square foot mansion in greenwich, connecticut, helicopter rides, $100

. >> sunday night on q&a new york staff writer sheelah kolhatkar talks about the insider-trading casegainst hedge fund manager stephen cohen and his firm and safety capital in her book "black edge." >> that to kind of central characters at the heart of the story, they're very central characters in my book are these two former portfolio managers for colon funds, matthew is one of them and michael steinberg is the other one. he is currently serving a fairly lengthy prison since although his case is on appeal and mr. steinberg was convicted but then his conviction was later overturned after an appeals court made a rolling, made it much harder to convict someone for insider trading. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and has brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> next, a supreme court oral argument in hernandes versus mesa, a case to determine whether a family in mexico can

sheelah: my father is from india. my mother is from the midwest. brian: is that name indian, kolhatkar? eelah: yes, it is south asian. brian: there are a lot of indian americans you are writing about. did that cross your mind? sheelah: it was obvious. it was remarkable. there are a lot of south asians in all corners of the government, the hedge fund world. i would occasionally ask people if anyone thought about that, and the one explanation i got was that many of these insider-trading rings that the government was pursuing spring up out of personal relationships and personal networks. often, people end up involved in that kind of behavior with their friends and ople they nt college with, so you would end up with these circles of people where you would have certain groups overrepresented. it was interesting to me. brian: you went to school where? sheelah: i graduated from nyu. brian: in what? sheelah: i have a degree in film. brian: and what did you do after you worked for the hedge fund? sheelah: i spent about five years working for these two hedge funds. it wasn't at all what i intended

. >> tonight on "q&a," sheelah kolhatkar talks about the inside trading case against hedge fund cohenr stephen -- steven ge: insidek "black ed information, dirty money, and the quest to bring down the most wanted man on wall street." >> the central characters are these two a former portfolio managers for cohen's fund. is currently serving a fairly lengthy prison sentence, though his cases on appeal. mr. steinberg was convicted, but it was later overturned. after an appeals court made a ruling that made it much harder to convict someone for insider adg. >> tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's "q&a." u.s.w, a discussion on immigration policy. this is from friday's biannual summit hosted by the national review institute. it is just over 45 minutes.