stephen brill and dr. ezekiel emanuel discuss the health care system and mark krotov of melville house talks about the book publisher's decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfunction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> and now on "in depth" on booktv walter isaacson. the best selling author of several books including biographies of albert einstein benjamin franklin, steve jobs and henry kissinger took viewer questions for three hours. mr. isaacson is a former chairman and ceo of cnn chairman of the broadcasting board of governors and was the editor of "time." he currently serves as president and ceo of the aspen institute. >> host: so, walter isaacson what is theat link between avril hourlyman, ben franklin, steve jobs henry kissinger and adar can lovelace?: th >> guest: yeah, i think they're all create cannive minds, ander. that's what's intretted me throughout my career. to me, it's

stephen brill and dr. ezekiel emanuel discuss the health care system and mark krotov of melville house talks about the decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> barack obama is the first, probably not the last african-american president that you will cover. [laughter] but his grade on race relations isn't as high in your book as bill clinton's. >> because of first term. because of the first term. the -- i'm not going to say inaction, but because he did not come out. his second term there are two different barack obamas first term, second term. we see a more as i say african-american president who is african-american versus i'm president who happens to be african-american. he's comfortable in his skin now. he knows who he is. and he's not ashamed of it. first term he had to be strategic. he had to be very strategic. i mean, there was a fight withi

stephen brill and dr.nuel discuss the health care system and mark krotov talks about the decision to release the senate intelligence committee report on torture. for a complete television schedule booktv.org. booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. >> host: walter isaacson, who is>> walker percy? >> guest: he was one of my original heroes mentor.d uncle by marriage, one of those things, so we called him uncle walker. we used toim go across lake pontchartrain from new orleans where i grew up, and we'd go fishing on a lazy river over there, and ann percy was a friend of ours, and we couldn't figure out what her dad did. out what ann's dad did. what's your dad do? a writer. and it wasn't until the movie goer came out in the early 960s -- 1960s, and i was 9 or 10 years old, and i go oh a writer that's something you can be when you grow up just like a fibberman, a doctor an engineer. and and so i took sort of an enter in, you know, dr. percy, uncle walker. and, you know

stephen brill's book, "bitter pill," which started as a time magazine cover is an amazing look at thety of our health care system, and i would certainly tout it and ask people to read it. i haven't read the other two books. i think when it comes to the financial industry, one of the best things we could do is have a disruptive technology. you see it in bitcoin as people build coin base and block chain type systems we'll be automobile to have a digital and cyber currency that provide alternatives to some of the banking system. and it might enable commerce in a better way. >> host: george is in fort myers, florida. hi george. >> caller: hi. >> host: george, we're listening. >> caller: can you hear me? >> host: we are listening, sir. please go ahead with your question or comment for walter isaacson. >> caller: okay. einstein described himself as a determinist just like mark twain did. and i'm wondering how they got there. >> guest: you know, the issue of free will versus determinism is one of the richest, most difficult topics that people have wrestlinged with since plato -- wrestled wit

stephen brill's diagnosis of the health care system america's bitter pill. former president george w. bush profile of his father g h.w. bush, in 41. "new york times" non-fiction best-sellers list includes with the life as a gitmo detainee, in guantanamo diary. in i am malala nobel peace prize recipient growing up in pakistan. history of the under ground railroad in gateway to freedom. that is look at this week's list of non-fiction best-sellers according to "the new york times.". [inaudible conversations]. >> on your screen now is a live picture from inside trinity united methodist church, home of the annual savannah book festival in georgia. we will be back in just a few minutes, with more live coverage. [inaudible conversations]. [inaudible conversations]. >> here is look at some upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country. march 14th 15th, booktv will be at university of arizona with live coverage of the 7th annual tucson festival of books. following week the begin i can't festival of the book will be held in charlottesville, virginia.