authors include steve toomey and his count -- his book. gerald even hawkins and her book -- geraldine hawkins and her book. atherine smith and her book. lelyveld and his book. >> the books that i have published the last couple of years are the same kind of odd characters written by an 84, 85-year-old guy, that the 24, 25-year-old guy was write being when i was that age. >> mr. talese talks about his career over the past 60 years. his books include the kingdom and the power, honor thy father, and unto the sons. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. i wanted to write about a little woman that maybe fed pigeons in central park or maybe a little woman who cleaned the offices of the chrysler building at 4:00 in the morning. or about some doorman outside the plaza hotel. and what he saw and what he didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a bus driver in manhattan or clean the subways at 4:00 in the morning. those obscure characters that people do not -- ordinary people do not recognize. i wanted to be a chronicl

and today you'll hear from authors steve toomey, gerald hawkins, katherine smith and howard bloom and more for a complete schedule visit our website, booktv.org. and on afterwards this week economist and financial expert rachel snyder reports on how low and moderate income families manage money. also this weekend, best selling author and journalist gaye reflecting on his over 60-year career. lee plan talks past from professional football player to astronaut, and historian herb most recently of black detroit provides history of african-americans in that city. mr. boyd will be our guest next sunday. live on indepght to answer questions about his work. you can visit booktv.org for more information. a to out authors you'll see this weekend on booktv on c-span2, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. television for serious readers. >> this morning i want to begin by introducing you to somebody from our book, and that is kim powers bridges. kim owns and operates bridges funeral home in tennessee. but she's not from tennessee. kim is actually from oklahoma. she started her first business

first up is steve toomey who provides a history of the 12 days leading up to the japanese attack on pearl harbor on december 7th, 1941. >> good morning everyone. welcome to their franklin d. roosevelt presidential library museum and annual roosevelt reading festival. ... minute question and answer period. if you let the auto leave, they will be outside signing books by the bookstore. we are fortunate to have c-span with us today. if you're going to ask a question please walk to the microphone so your questions can be recorded and preserved for posterity. this is also a weekend c-span is featuring hide park on their c-span cities tour program today and tomorrow so check your local listings was one thing we are proud about in the reading facilities we do bring the greatest doctors talking about stories we care deeply about, one of the key stories, the beginning of world war ii, and last year we did a major exhibit on pearl harbor which featured a deep dive 24 hours inside the white house, the book "countdown to pearl harbor: the 12 days to the attack" provides a wonderful and emotional and

reading festival features presentations about president roosevelt and politics, all this include steve toomey, countdown to pearl harbor. the story of a father and daughter in guilden age. fdr and the told about the partnership that defined a presidency and joseph and his book, his final battle, last months of franklin roosevelt. at 8:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with best-selling author. >> the books that i have published in the last couple of years are the same kind of odd characters by 84, 85-year-old guy that a 24, 25-year-old guy was writing when i was that age. >> his books include the kingdom and the power, honor thy father and on to the sons. >> i want to write about unknown people. i wanted to write a little woman that fed pigeons in central park or about some doorman outside the plaza hotel and what he saw and what he didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a bus driver in machine hattan or clean subways at 4:00 o'clock in the morning. the obscure characters that people do not -- ordinary people do not recognize. >> for more of this weekend's schedule

authors include steve toomey and carol dean hawkins and her book. kathryn smith and her book the gate keeper, missing hand, fdr, and the untold story of the partnership that defined the presidency. and the book at his final battle, the last months of franklin roosevelt. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, a conversation with best-selling author gay clees at hois them. >> the books are the same odd characters written by me. >> he talks about his career over the past 60 years. this books include the kingdom and the power, honor thy father, and unto the sun. >> i wanted to write about a little woman who feeds the pigeons in the park. or about a doorman outside the plaza hotel and what he saw and didn't see. i wanted to write about sometimes what it was like to be a bus driver in manhattan or clean the subways at 4:00 in the morning. those obscure characters that ordinary people don't recognize. i wanted to be a chronicler of those who were unrecognized and untitled. >> for more of this weekend's schedule, go to booktv.org. >> on washington junior journal we talked t

president also tweeted too that representative steve scalise of louisianna said true friends and patriots, badly injured, but willfully recover. >> senator pat toomey, keeping steve scalise, capitol police and other victims in my prayers. >> we mentioned earlier this happened at baseball field, in a area that was right next to a ymca. now seeing some photos that were tweeted out from inside the ymca near the feel. showing bullet holes that were in the windows. bullet holes were in the windows. very, see, you can see the picture here, look at that. >> the ymca the folks that belong there use this field. used to be minor league field. you know the game that is scheduled tore tomorrow has become so big they move it to the washington nationals stadium? that's how many people love this to go on. they raise oh, close to million dollars every year for charities, between the democrats and the republicans. democrats by the way about a mile and a half away. also in l axe andrea barak tig cents for big game tomorrow, republicans were practicing at another field. >> so we saw several different pictures, dif rhett bullet holes, different windows at the ymca. lo

steve scalise is member of sleeper. he has a security detail. otherwise we would be a bunch of guys out practicing >> elect officials say threats are part of life. a states person for pens pat toomey said like many others in congress, he has been the target of threats, in cases where they're deemed serious they're reporte reported. >> there has probably never been anyone who at point received death terroristic threats. >> he add that day being accessible to the public and constituents will also be a priority of the job. as for increased security, congressman bob brady feels the cost burden would simply be unrealistic. >> i don't think there's anything we can do to stop an incident. there's been talk about having men and women be protected 24/7, that cost is astronomical. that can't happen. >> reporter: using key words, i did a twitter search and found at least a dozen threats made against elected officials. alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> of course, stay with "eyewitness news" as new details emerge in the alexandria virginia shooting. we'll bring you updates on television and on line, cbsphilly.com. >>> a new report from the "washington post" said the special counsel i

steve scalise is member of sleeper. he has a security detail. otherwise we would be a bunch of guys out practicing >> elect officials say threats are part of life. a states person for pens pat toomey said like many others in congress, he has been the target of threats, in cases where they're deemed serious they're reporte reported. >> there has probably never been anyone who at point received death terroristic threats. >> he add that day being accessible to the public and constituents will also be a priority of the job. as for increased security, congressman bob brady feels the cost burden would simply be unrealistic. >> i don't think there's anything we can do to stop an incident. there's been talk about having men and women be protected 24/7, that cost is astronomical. that can't happen. >> reporter: using key words, i did a twitter search and found at least a dozen threats made against elected officials. alexandria hoff cbs3 "eyewitness news." >>> of course, stay with "eyewitness news" as new details emerge in the alexandria virginia shooting. we'll bring you updates on television and on line, cbsphilly.com. >>> a new report from the "washington post" said the special counsel i

nation," john dickerson's guests will include senator pat toomey and senator bill cassidy, republican of louisiana. >> louisiana congressman steve scalise is out of the intensi care unit at a washington hospital. he was shot in the hip more than a week ago when a gunman opened fire on republican lawmakers and others practicing for a baseball charity game with democrats. scalise had several surgeries and is getting rehabilitation. he remains in fair condition. one of the other victims, lobbyist matt macca was released from the hospital last night. >> good news on both fronts there. >>> at least 120 people are are reported buried in a massive landslide in southwestern china this morning. huge boulderes and a mass identify earth buried at least 62 homes and a hotel. one mile of road is unpassable. the landslide is blocking more than a mile stretch of a river. a rescue official estimates 282 million cubic feet of earth .rock slid down the mountain, enough to fill 3,000 had olympic of-sized swimming pools. >> wow. >>> police in saudi arabia foiled a suicide bomber plot to grow up mecca, the holiest sight in islam. the would-be bomber

steve scalise. and mitch landrieu talking about race relations and confederate monuments. miami to trump visited announce changes to u.s. policy on cuba including restrictions travelers. we hear first from sen. toomey: diaz-arge -- senator balart. [applause] thank you very much. let me tell you this is a special day to be with the distinguished members of the president's cabinet, including our very own secretary acosta. [applause] mr. diaz-balart: my colleagues, i know some of my colleagues that are here, starting with senator rubio, congressman curbelo. i know i'm going to miss some, but i know someone that's very special to me, congressman lincoln diaz-balart is here, who along with ileana ros-lehtinen and senator menendez were the ones who codified u.s. law against the tyranny in cuba. of course, our governor, governor scott is here. [applause] heroes like jose garcia are here. my friends, today, today i stand here in the presence of so many heroes. former political prisoners, the heroes of the 2506 brigade. and so many of you. [applause] so many others, so many others who have suffered under the hands and by the hands of the castro regime. let me just talk about the brigade. the brigade is a sy

steve scalise. and mitch landrieu talking about race relations and confederate monuments. miami to trump visited announce changes to u.s. policy on cuba including restrictions travelers. we hear first from sen. toomeyaz-arge -- senator balart. [applause]

delano roosevelt in hyde park, new york, the annual roosevelt reading festival, authors include steve toomey and his book "countdown to pearl harbor," the 12 days to the attack. geraldine hawk ibs and her book, elliott and eleanor roosevelt, the story of a daughter and father in the gilded age. kathleen smith and "the gatekeeper" and the untold story of the partnership that defined a presidency and joseph lelveld. at 8:00 p.m. eastern a conversation with gay talese from his home in new york city. >> the books i had publiced in the last couple of years are the odd characters written by an 84-year-old, 85-year-old guy was the same that i had written when i was that age. >> honor thy father and unto the son. >> i wanted to write about unknown people. i wanted to write about the woman that fed pigeons at the park or cleaned offices at the chrysler building at 4:00 in the morning or the doorman and what he saw and didn't see. i want to write about sometimes what it was like to be a bus driver or clean the subway at 4:00 in the morning. the obscure characters that people -- ordinary people do not

today you'll hear from authors steve toomey, kathy smith, howard bloom and more. for a complete schedule, visit our web site, booktv.org. on "after words" this week, economist jonathan more dock and rachel snyder report on how low and moderate income families manage money. also this weekend, gay talese reflects on his 60-year career, and historian herb boyd provides a history of african-americans in detroit. mr. boyd will be our guest next sunday live on "in depth" to answer questions about his work. you can visit booktv.org for more information. that's just a few of the authors you'll see this weekend on booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books, television for serious readers. >>> and now we kick off the weekend with shane weinberger who reports on -- sharon weinberger who reports on the pentagon agency, darpa. [inaudible conversations]