he went, he called steinbeck and bag to for an interview. steinbeck said fine.gentry showed up with a bag of 21 steinbeck books. and steinbeck signed every one. and gentry is a good, old- fashioned reuter-journalists. a tough guy. he lived in san francisco since 1955. he was nice to me. it was great to interview him because he window and hung out with steinbeck with that half- hour interview. >> it was at the square bar -- the western square bar. north beach is there. ." >> it is where kerouac. huge at that time, in 1960, it was like the present and future of american pop culture. smothers brothers were there. it was a jazz thing at the time, but rock and roll was coming and city lights was there. >> how was -- how old was kurty gentry? >> when i met him he was 79. he is writing a book about the mob in vegas. >> $5,000 for the trip. did you buy the rav 4 new? >> leased it new, yes. >> still have it. in addition, what did it cause you to get this book published? >> nothing at the time. it is an amazon book it cost me nothing to do the e-book. amazon makes everyth

steinbeck wrote about a page and a half of a legal tablet saying, people have asked what happened to charley. well, when my lady fair joined me in seattle, charley took his third position in the family thing, yada, yada, he's fine. obviously, that never appeared in the book. what they did do is the editors went in and expunged elaine entirely from the west coast, almost 30 days of elaine's presence with john on the west coast. they weren't camping out or studying america. they were basically on a vacation. >> author and journalist bill steigerwald said john steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth as "travels with charley," it can'ting sign fiction. more on sunday's "q&a." >> now a discussion on the resurgence and interest on the life of president abraham lincoln. from "washington journal," this is about 40 minutes. >> harold hoelzer joins us to talk about president abraham lincoln's influence on modern politics. mr. holzer is scholar and author and author of "how abraham lincoln ended slavery in america" and hering to fellow at the new york historical society. thank you for b

>> it was john steinbeck's last major work.t was supposedly a nonfiction account of his trip across the country with his dog. i remember reading it when i was 15. i remember being kind of disappointed that on his great trek he did come through pittsburgh. the closest he came was erie. i have a vague recollection of reading it, but it made no impression on me.

. >> at one point, steinbeck had to write a small paragraph that said basically, people are asking what happened with c harley. when he says week, it is feeling and john. -- elaine and john. somebody must've said, where is charley? he wrote, people have asked what happened to him, and when my lady joined me in seattle, he took this third position. he signed it. obviously, that never. in the book -- came up in the book. editors went in and expunged elaine from the west coast, almost 30 days of -- of her presence with john on the west coast. there were not and cannot. they were not studying america. there were on a vacation. >> build -- bill steigerwald argues that john steinbeck to summoning liberties that the novel cannot be considered a nonfiction. sunday at 8:00 on c-span2 n/a -- c-span's "q + a." >> this is about 30 minutes. host: harold holzer joins us to talk about president abraham lincoln's influence on modern politics. he is a scholar and author. he is also a fellow at the new- york historical society. thank you for being on the program. why does it seem like president lincoln i

they were basically on a vacation. >> bill contends that john steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth that it cannot be classified as nonfiction. or with the opportunity that it :00 on c-span's "q and a." >> this morning on washington journal.

steinbeck wrote about a page and a half on a legal tablet saying, people have asked about him. when my lady joined me in seattle, he took his third position in a family thing. he is fine. that never came up in the book. what they did, editors went in and expunged elaine from the west coast, almost 30 days of her presence with john on the west coast. there were not cannot. there were not studying america. >> bill steigerwald took some liberties with the truth in "travels with charley" that it cannot be considered nonfiction. >> this morning, nancy cook talks about when specific federal budget cuts take effect and their impact on u.s. economy. then it turned jacobs looks at the proposed merger between american airlines and u.s. american airlines and u.s.

. >> at one point steinbeck had to write a small paragraph that said basically -- people are asking what happened to charlie. it is elaine and john, not charlie and john. someone must of said to him -- where is charlie? he wrote about ap -- a page in the half. he said -- well, when my lady fair joined me, he took his third position but it never appeared in the book. editors went in and just expunged entirely from the west coast. almost 30 days of the presence with john on the west coast. there were basically on vacation. >> john steinbeck took so many liberties with the truth that it cannot be classified as nonfiction. more with the author, tonight at 8:00 on "q&a." >> next hearing and using drones overseas to kill american citizens who are terror suspects. themore on the due process of w in the battlefield. the obama administration said he was a senior leader of al qaeda in yemen. this hearing is just over two hours. the due process of>> good morn. the judiciary committee will come to order. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. welcome to everyone i

more with the author of dogging steinbeck sunday at 8:00 p.m. on c-span today. governors gathered in washington d.c. for their annual winter meeting. during their closing session governors heard from tv personality dr. ross, cartier-bresson surgeon. he warns against smoking, sedentary lifestyle, an obesity in the country. this is just over 40 minutes. [applause] >> thank you. appreciate your reminded me to mention that i live in new jersey. [applause] i work in new york. i pay taxes everywhere. it is a great honor to talk a little bit today about a theme that i think will interest many of you because it has huge budgetary implications. but thought i would also speak very personally about what you need help -- may be able to do in your own lives. i had a great honor spending a few hours with your spouse is yesterday would give me a lot of insight about what she does a word about. it will come up eventually in the future. let me start off with a little bit of my background. i am a cardiac surgeon. as to practice medicine at columbia university in new york presbyte

. >> at one point steinbeck had had to write a small paragraph that said people are asking what happened to charlie. this is after his wife joins him in seattle. when he says "we" it's elaine and john. it's not charlie and john. and somebody must have said to him, hey, where's chearl, he disappeared? >> he wrote about a page 1/2 of pages saying what happened to charlie? well, when my lady fair joined me, charlie took position in the family. he's fine. obviously that never appeared in the book because what they zid that editors went in and just expunged elaine entirely from the west coast, 30, almost 30 days of elaine's presence with john on the west coast. they weren't camping out. they were basically on a vacation. >> bill steigerwald said that steinbeck had more truths. >> officially enacting across the board reductions known as a sequester. the president acted just hours before the mandatory deadline. earlier. the day. the president spoke with reporters after meeting with congressional leader tats white house. this is about 35 minutes. >> here's the president. >> good morning, everybo

. >> john steinbeck did some liberties with the truth and travels that it cannot be classified as nonfiction. more with the author sunday at 8:00. >> and now a hearing on reducing gun violence. dianne feinstein's proposal to ban assault weapons. they hear testimony from the father of the victim of the newtown shooting. senator feinstein chairs this hearing of the judiciary committee. it is about a report by hours. >> i am going to call this hearing to order. i want to begin by welcoming our witnesses and also the people who are interested in this subject and have taken the time to be here. it is very much appreciated. the process will be this -- i will make a statement. senator grassley will make a statement. we will then go to our first two witnesses and then the second panel. we will ask witnesses to confine the remarks as much as they can to five minutes or so. the committee will follow the early bird rule, which is first come. we will call on them first to ask questions. afterwards, in five-minute rounds. i will begin with my statement. on december 14, 26 parents received a called no par

john steinbeck rights in on twitter, taxed enough already, spending is completely out of control. rain in. in -- ther rights austerity you mean, constantly raising taxes to try to balance the budget, you're quite right. that is what greece and other countries have been trying to do for to about -- for two long. too long. when you try to raise taxes on them with the value-added tax and the sales tax that europeans have, or you can mean that government should work to reduce its own cost, austerity for the government. we have not been doing austerity for the government here. no european country has seen serious reforms of government spending. the one report that i have pointed to is canada. they have been doing quite well. they took their corporate rate down to 17%. they are creating jobs and having more economic growth. they actually did ring in government spending for which had gotten out of hand like ours. jermell shows that you can do it. -- canada shows that you can do it. host: keith on the republican line. are you there? -- we will try keith again from florida on the republica

. >> at one point, steinbeck had to write a small paragraph that said basically, people are asking what happened? elaine says "we" it's and john. not charley and john. someone must've said, where is charley? grow a page in half saying, people have asked what happened to him. charley took his position in the family thing. he is fine. editors when in an expunged elaine entirely from the west coast. almost 30 days of her presence with john on the west coast. they were basically on a vacation. >> author and journalist bill steigerwald. he says a book cannot be classified as nonfiction. qunday at 8 p.m. on c-span's " &a." >> now the joint economic committee on economic -- on the economy and jobs. this is a little more than an hour and a half. >> good morning. i'd like to call the first meeting of the joint committee for the 113th session of dong rder.s session to o the employment act of 1946 established the committee to make policy recommendations to congress. as the 37th chairman of the committee. i want to congratulation senator amy on becoming vice chair and welcome new and returning memb