. >> [inaudible] >> i've been to slovakia. i had a wonderful time and i love slovakia. i think it is much more cheerful even when i was younger i thought slovakia government was much more sort of like a drink wine, the czech drink beer and they are more gloomy. somebody calling me. [laughter] probably checking if i am really in here talking to you -- >> [inaudible] >> im or ayaan but i'm not saying it anymore because people think i am from the moravian church and it's very confusing. and then i explained -- you ask moravia today. >> [inaudible] >> i am moravian and remember when i came to new york there was an old lady who said so you are czech and i said i am actually moravian and she said don't worry moravian are almost as good as czech. laughter chris whittle to want to get into the technicalities between the different groups of people. >> [inaudible] [laughter] we have little accent and a different cuisine and places but this book is simplified. this book goes through many versions. i spent four years on this book. it became very painful in the way it was good -- i

they went to austria to check the slovakia and from there they went to france and then the germans took over france in the bifurcated fashion. when it was said the world was divided into places where the jews are not allowed to be and not allowed to go, it was the reality. this was the dire challenge of the zionist. this is an important dichotomy. are we going to make an effort to restore jewish civil-rights or to rescue jews for national rights? either take a dollar to keep a jew where he is and help them get through the starvation and transfer. this is real politics. even the relief package is given to german jews those also went into the german economy. this is too complex to be black and white and too complex for me that is why it took me about five years to figure out. >> an expert on middle east affairs and author of confrontation winning the war against jihad come a would you think would be the impact lack of fine the economy if there was never a transfer agreement? >> guest: there are many institutions today such as the water company i have taken for granted as infrastructure co

was through the evening but in the end i was supposed to be director of sun chemical factory in slovakiaich is very lucky that i never can't do because it would be a complete disaster. but that was a time when people could relate and who became involved in all this. but gradually they all gave up on and went back to arts. it's a very few people who stayed in politics really. i did a poster for 1990 election. i thought before i leave, i was going but i thought i will do both of which will show somehow my gratitude through america and it was about christopher bond is because i was trying to book about mark paul. christopher plummer as is the perfect your. it was silly because i didn't at all expect to happen because it was 500 years of christopher columbus and lots of people don't really like the idea of christopher columbus. this is how you work with charlie and it was a big book for me. big pictures pic what's interesting, surrounding europe and i said columbus didn't let the wall holding back but wanted to discover what's beyond the wall. and immediately after that, had to do with super

and children's book author and illustrator on growing up in the communist check will slovakia.h non fiction books on c-span2. for the complete schedule go to booktv.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: of former -- former senator bob graham is with us. it was a continuing ceo's of some of the nation's largest financial companies. he is here to talk about what he wants to accomplish, what the charge is from the federal government, and to get reactions. guest: good morning, susan, thank you. host: your observations? w3guest: we started with representatives of about four major financial institutions, all of which have taken a federal bailout money and all of which agreed that they were part of the problem that created this crisis. then we had panels made up of state representatives, citizen groups, community bankers, academics, commenting about the crisis and what the impact has meant on the average american and the economy. host: if i had -- could show you the headlines, they were over the lot of whether they were -- it was a tough day for the ceo's or whether they got a